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20.5 FemaleThe Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
+20 Task, #221 on the list
+25 Oldies, pub. 1593
+10 Combo: 10.4, 20.3
Task total: 55
Season total: 1480
Task 20.3 POVRead a book told through multiple point of views (POVs).
The Ghost Manuscript (2019) by Kris Frieswick
+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.4 – three word title)
Task Total: 20 + 05 = 35
Grand Total: 405 + 30 = 435
20.3 POVIf This World Were Mine by E. Lynn Harris
Four characters share their journals and stories in alternating chapters (sometimes sharing a chapter).
Task=20
combo=5 (10.4)
oldie= 5 (1997)
Task Total=30
Grand Total= 280
Tasks Completed: 11
10.1; 10.4
15.1
20.3; 20.4; 20.6 (2x); 20.10 (4x)
20.10 Uncommon LetterThe Cross-Eyed Bear Murders by Dorothy B. Hughes
+20 Task (Lizanne Steffason)
+20 Combo (10.4, 10.7 - 1904, 10.9 - bear, 20.6 - MWA Grand Master)
+10 Oldies (1940)
Task total = 50
Season total = 885
10.4 3, 4, 5The Moon in the Gutter by David Goodis
+10 task
+ 5 oldies (1953)
Task total=15
Season total=630
20.6 - AwardC is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
+20 task - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartier...
+10 series
+10 Combo - 10.4, 20.5
Task total: 40
Grand total: 615
15.9 Growing Genres3rd round, random order
A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine
+15 pts - task 1986 Mystery
15.10 Growing GenresScience Fiction
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1818
+15 task
+100 finish bonus, reverse chronological order
+200 mega finish
Post Total =315
Season Total = 2015
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; 15.10
Apple wrote: "+100 finish bonus, reverse chronological order
+200 mega finish"
Congratulations! Well done!
10.4 3, 4, 5The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
+10 task
+10 non-western
+5 oldies
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 2040
10.1; 10.2; 10.3 (x3); 10.4 (x5); 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; 15.10
10.3 Discworld Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves
+10 task (#4 in the Shetland Island series)
+20 series (4th book claimed in this series)
+15 combo (20.3 - multiple POVs, 20.6, 20.10 - main character is Jimmy Perez)
Task Total: 45
Season Total: 880
20.3 POV The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession by Alexandra Robbins
+20 task (multiple POVs from each of the main teachers profiled)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 900
20.10 Uncommon LetterSomeone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes
+20 Task, Alex (ANOTHER Alex 😂 two books in a row with that character name)
+10 Combo: 10.5, 20.3
Task total: 30
Season total: 1510
10.10 Group ReadsWhen We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut
+10 pts - task
Task Total - 10 pts
10-4 3,4,5 words in titleThe Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
+10 task
Total task 10
Season Total 595
20.5 FemaleClub Deadby Charlaine Harris
Task +20
#56 on the list
Combo +5 (10.3 discworld 10.3 #3 in the Sookie Stackhouse series)
Book Total: 25
Grand Total: 305
20.8 Real FictionPride of Carthage by David Anthony Durham
+20 main character is Hannibal
+10 combo 10.4, 20.3 POV of Hannibal, his brothers, sisters and others
+5 jumbo
Task total: 35
Season total: 555
10.1 New HorizonsAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.7 - born 1905)
+10 Oldies (pub 1957)
+25 Jumbo (1,168 pages)
+50 Halfway Finish (10-point tasks)
Post Total: 100
Season Total: 860
20.1 ModernistGo Down, Moses by William Faulkner
+20 task (on Modernist list)
+20 combo 10.4 3, 4, 5; 20.3 POV (many points of view within 7 interconnected stories); 20.6 Award (Nobel Prize in 1949); 20.7 (Old Ben, an ancient bear representing nature and the wilderness)
+10 oldie (pub in 1942)
Task total: 50
Half-way finish of 20 point tasks: 50
Season total: 850
20.2 French Don't Let Go by Michel Bussi
+20 task
+10 combo (10.4, 20.3)
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 930
20.6 AwardElephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie
+20 Task (MWA Grand Master)
+10 Combo (10.4, 20.10 - Desmond Burton-Cox)
+ 5 Oldies
+ 5 Series
Task total = 40
Season total = 925
And that will do it for me this season.
In post 767, I forgot that the series style bonus needs to be claimed for a different task each time. So could I please change this one to 20.6, since I used 20.9 in the first claim in post 651? Thanks, and no change in points, I think.
20.3 POVThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
+20 task
+ 5 jumbo
+10 series
+15 combo (10.3, 20.5, 20.10 - Alexander Zalachenko
Post Total = 50
Season Total = 2090
10.1; 10.2; 10.3 (x3); 10.4 (x5); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; 10.10; 20.1 (x2); 20.2 (x2); 20.3 (x4); 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; 15.10
15.10 Growing GenresThe League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels #2) by India Holton
+15 Task (2022 Fantasy)
+100 Chronological Finish
+200 Mega Finish
Post Total: 315
Season Total: 1,175
Tien wrote: "+100 Chronological Finish
+200 Mega Finish"
Congratulations! Well done!
20.10 Uncommon letterThe Cliff's Edge by Charles Todd
20 pts 20.19 Uncommon Letter Dr Menzies
5 pts 10.4 345
5 pts Series
Task Total: 30 pts
Season Total: 1200 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
20.1 ModernistThe 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
+20 task
+30 Combo (10.3 - USA Trilogy, 10.4, 10.5 - DP, 20.3 -many, 20.6 - post 9 in thread, 20.8 - Eugene Debs, Thomas Edison, and Andrew Carnegie in summary)
+10 Oldies - 1930
+ 5 Series - USA Trilogy
Task total: 65
+50 20-pt finisher
Post total: 115
Grand total: 920
20.10 Uncommon LetterThe Wishbones by Tom Perrotta
+20 Task (Buzzy)
+5 Oldies (1997)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 945
I'd like to move a book--from Post 635I posted The Anatomy of Jane by Amelia LeFay for 20.3.
I'd like to move this to 10.4.
-10 points for move from 20 pt to 10 pt task
+50 half-way finish 10pt task
Post total: 40
Grand total: 985
+200 Megafinish
Grand total: 1185
Joanna wrote: "+50 half-way finish 10pt task
+200 Megafinish."
Congratulations! Well done!
Post 822 Tien wrote: "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"
Although this first has just been published, it is likely the author will continue as a series. Give yourself 5 Series points.
20.7 Non-humanRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
20 task
10 combo 10.4, 20.3
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30
Running total: 1370
I highly recommend the audiobook - the reader who voices the octopus is spot on!
20.3 POVUncle Fred in the Springtime by P.G. Wodehouse
+20 pts -task
+15 pts - combo (10.2, 10.4, 20.10 -Alexander)
+10 pts - oldies (1939)
Task Total - 45 pts
15.10 Growing Genres3rd round, random order
The Haunted Hotel & Other Stories by Wilkie Collins
15 pts - task 1885 Mystery
50 pts - finish
Task Total - 65 pts
10.4 3,4,5Mr Finchley Discovers His England by Victor Canning
+10 Task
+ 5 Series
+10 Oldies (1934)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 1985
20.7 Non-humanNetwork Effect by Martha Wells
Main character Murderbot (aka SecUnit) is an AI construct.
No series points because I have claimed this series for this task before.
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.3 (approved)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 2010
20.6 AwardCall for the Dead by John le Carré
20 task (1988 Diamond Dagger)
5 series
5 combo 10.4
5 oldie
_____
35
Final total: 1405
That's it for me, for this season!
Post 832 Norma wrote: "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"
This series is being shown as DCI Evan Warlow, not Black Beacon Murders. No 10.3 combo, but your series points are good.
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
Season total=645
20.6 AwardThe Wind's Twelve Quarters / The Compass Rose by Ursula K. Le Guin
+20 task
+5 oldies
+5 jumbo
+5 combo (20.3 - approved in thread)
Post Total = 35
Season Total = 2125
And that is it for me, thanks for a great season Elizabeth, Kate and all!
10.08 Gilmore GirlsHenry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
10 pts 10.8 Gilmore Girls #144
5 pts 10.3 Discworld War of Roses #3
5 pts 10.4 345
5 pts 20.3 POV King Henry IV. Prince Hal
5 pts 20.8 Real Fiction Henry IV
5 pts 20.9 Non Fiction
5 pts 20.10 Uncommon Letter Nell Quickly
15 pts Series
25 pts Oldies
Task Total: 80 pts
Halfway Finish 10 pts Tasks: 50 pts
Mega Finish 200 pts
Season Total: 1530 pts
10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 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
Post 874 Jayme wrote: "20.5 FemaleClub Deadby Charlaine Harris
Task +20
#56 on the list
Combo +5 (10.3 discworld 10.3 #3 in the Sookie Stackhouse series)
Book Total: 25
Grand Total: 305"
Sorry, Jayme. This doesn't work for 10.3 because the series title is the name of a person.
Post 889 Norma wrote: "10.4 - 3, 4, 5Let Her Go by Blake Pierce
+10 task
+5 series
Task total: 15
Grand total: 630"
Another that is likely to be a continuing series, so 5 series points.
Post 893 Rebekah wrote: "10.4 3,4,5My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Young adult-no lexile score
Task Total - 10 pts"
This is not shelved as YA at BPL. Let us know if there are any styles for this book.
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Maigret and the Pickpocket by Georges Simenon
+20 pts - task
+25 pts - combo(10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 20.6)
+20 pts - Series (4th book used from this series)
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1967)
Task Total - 70 pts