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15.1Science Fiction - trying for oldest to newest
The Great Stone of Sardis by Frank R. Stockton
Pub 1898
Task total: 15
Grand total: 65
10.4 3, 4, 5Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
+10 Task
+10 Oldies (pub 1895)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 140
10.10 Group readsIf Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura
Love the cats’ names. They could have ended up with a whole salad of cats, Radish, Parsley, Carrot etc..
+10 pts - Task
10.9 QuiltingThe People Look Like Flowers at Last by Charles Bukowski
+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.7)
Task total=15
Season total=50
15.1 Growing GenresThe Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
+15 Task 1907 Mystery
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 15
10.4 3, 4, 5History. A Mess. by Sigrún Pálsdóttir
+10 Task
+. 5 Combo: 20.3 POV (this was a surprising change in the last section of the book)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 30
10.10 Group ReadsIf Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura
+10 Task: thanks for this choice, Valerie. I enjoyed it!
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 40
From Post 7Joanne wrote: "10.4 3,4,5,
The Stolen Crown: The Secret Marriage that Forever Changed the Fate of England by Susan Higginbotham
I have read quite a bit about the Woodville family ..."
+5 Combo 20.8
From Post 11Connie wrote: "20.10 Uncommon Letter
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
+20 task (character Petrona Sanchez)
+ 15 combo 10.4 3, 4, 5; 20.3 POV (POV of Chula Sa..."
+10 Non Western
From Post 12Joanne wrote: " 20.5 Female Lead
(Book #1 in this series is at # 257)
Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey
Book 2 in the the Harper Hall series, and book 4 in the Pern series.
The story of..."
+5 Combo 10.3
From Post 18Valerie wrote: "10.9 Quilting
Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
10 task
5 oldie
5 series
5 combo 10.4
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25
Running total: 25"
+5 Combo 20.6 and I show +10 Oldies
From Post 30Rebekah wrote: "10.2 Albright Sisters
Who Killed My Daughter?: The True Story of a Mother's Search for Her Daughter's Murderer by Lois Duncan
+10 pts - task
+ 5 pts - oldies (1992)
Tas..."
+5 Combo 10.4
From Post 35Rebekah wrote: "20.10 uncommon Letter
The Cat Who Came to Breakfast by Lilian Jackson Braun
+20 pts - task -main character named Jim Qwilleran
+5 pts - combo (10.3- the Cat Who… seri..."
+5 Combo 20.7
Does this also work for 20.3 POV?
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 college roommate of our protagonist Caroline is named Lexi. Lexi is a major character in the novel.
Finding Felicity (2018) by Stacey Kade (Young Adult) Lexile HL690L
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 00 + 20 = 20
Kate S wrote: "From Post 35Rebekah wrote: "20.10 uncommon Letter
The Cat Who Came to Breakfast by Lilian Jackson Braun
+20 pts - task -main character named Jim Qwilleran
+5 pts - ..."
No it is only told from the POV of Qwilleran
Kate S wrote: "From Post 11Connie wrote: "20.10 Uncommon Letter
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
+20 task (character Petrona Sanchez)
+ 15 combo 10.4 3, 4,..."
I would also give this combo points for 10.9 for the word Drunken being a form of Drunkard. I don’t know the correct grammar name for this, but since plurals and possessives count as different forms of a listed word, I think other should count too. Like Broke for Broken and of course singular, non-possessives too
10.2 Albright SistersLes enfants endormis by Anthony Passeron
"Les enfants endormis" translates as "the asleep children"
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.4 ; 20.2)
Task total = 20
Points total = 155
10.1 ; 10.2 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
… ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
… ; 20.2 (x2) ; 20.3 ; … ; … ; 20.6 ; … ; … ; … ; …
10.3 DiscworldThe Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
Hogwarts Library #3
(1230L)
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.6 - British book awards outstanding achievement 2008)
+5 Series
Task total = 20
Points total = 175
10.1 ; 10.2 ; 10.3 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
… ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
… ; 20.2 (x2) ; 20.3 ; … ; … ; 20.6 ; … ; … ; … ; …
15.4 Growing GenresThe Empty House and Other Ghost Stories by Algernon Blackwood
+15 Task 1906 Horror
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 60
20.2 FrenchArcanum 17: With Apertures by André Breton
First published in French with the title Arcane 17
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.1)
+10 Oldies (1945)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 150
20.4 Sub-ContinentThe Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie
Set about 95% in India
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.4, 20.6 Golden PEN Award 2010, 20.10 protagonist is Moraes Zogoiby)
+ 5 Oldies (1995)
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 190
20.5 FemaleAnne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
Lexile 910
Book 1 in this series, Anne of Green Gables, is number 8 on the list
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.4, 10.9 spelling Anne approved in help thread)
+ 5 Series
+10 Oldies (1915)
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 235
20.6 AwardRagtime by E.L. Doctorow
Library of Congress Prize - 2014
+20 pts - task
+ 10 pts - combo (20.3, 20.8)
+ 5 pts - oldies (1975)
Task Total - 35 pts
20.3 POVSwitchboard Soldiers: A Novel of the Heroic Women Who Served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps During World War I by Jennifer Chiaverini
+20 task (story is told in alternating chapters of Grace, Marie, and Valerie)
+5 combo 20.8 Real Fiction (In the GR book description, General Pershing who has a significant role, and Grace Bankers who was an actual operator for the Signal Corps and kept a wartime diary)
Task total: 25
Season total: 85
20.6 Award4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
+20 Task (Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature)
+5 Combo (10.4 four words in title)
+ 15 Jumbo 866 pages
Task total = 40
Season Total: 80
15.5 Growing GenresThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
+15 Task 1959 Horror
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 75
15.4 Growing GenresDragonsong (Harper Hall of Pern #1) by Anne McCaffrey
+15 Task (1976 Fantasy)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 155
20.3 POVPaladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.3)
+5 Series (The Saint of Steel)
Task total = 30
Season Total: 110
20.10 Uncommon LetterLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
+20 Task (MC is Elizabeth Zott - 2 Zs!)
+10 Combo (10.4, 20.3 POV - several chapters told from pov of her dog and one or two others)
Task total: 30
Season Total: 30
15.1 Growing GenresHow to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
+15 Task 2023 Mystery
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 45
20.3 POVStalingrad by Vasily Grossman
+20 Task (too many to count!)
+ 5 Combo (10.7 - 1905)
+10 Nonwestern
+ 5 Oldies (1952)
+25 Jumbo (1088 pgs)
Task total = 65
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10.1 New HorizonsEveryone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
10 task
______
10
Running total: 100
10.1 New HorizonsThe Name Is Archer by Ross Macdonald
+10 task
+10 combo (10.4, 20.6 Grand Master Award-msg 56, task help thread)
+ 5 series (Lew Archer)
+ 5 oldies (1955)
Task total=30
Season total=80
20.3 POVThe Shadow of the Lion (Heirs of Alexandria #1) by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, Dave Freer
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.3; 10.4 - 5 words)
+5 Series
+15 Jumbo (817 pages)
Post Total: 50
Season Total: 205
15.2 Growing GenresThe Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
+15 Task 1923 Mystery
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 55
20.2 FrenchStrike Your Heart by Amélie Nothomb
+20 Task
+. 5 Combo: 10.4 3, 4, 5
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 80
20.5 FemaleDaughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
+20 pts - task
+15 pts - combo(10.2, 10.3, 10.4)
+ 5. Pts - jumbo (556)
Task Total - 40 pts
15.1 Growing GenresScience Fiction
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
pub 2011
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 15
15.2 Growing GenresScience Fiction
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
pub 2006
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 30
15.3 Growing GenresScience Fiction
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
pub 1985
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 45
20.4 Sub-ContinentVictory City by Salman Rushdie
+20 task
+ 5 combo (20.6 - Golden Pen 2010)
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 70
20.3 POVSummer by Ali Smith
+20 task
+5 series (Seasonal Quartet #4)
+10 Combo (10.3; 20.6 - Austrian Prize 2022)
Post Total = 35
Season Total = 105
10.10 Group ReadsIf Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura
+10 task
+10 non-western (on group list)
Post Total = 20
Season Total = 125
10.9 Quilting (Rebekah's Task)Call Me Anne by Anne Heche
(Spelling "Anne" approved in task thread)
+10 task
+5 Combo (10.4)
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 140
10.3 DiscworldRivers of London: Action at a Distance by Ben Aaronovitch
Rivers of London series
Graphic novel, no styles
+10 task
Post Total = 10
Season Total = 150
10.5 WimseyNever Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live by Rob Dunn
+10 task
+5 combo 10.4
Task total: 15
Season total: 60
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1965 Fantasy
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Grand total: 15