SP 23 Completed Tasks

[Rebekah]

20.2 French
The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain

+20 pts - task
+10 pts - (10.3, 20.4 - opens and ends with Laure’s POV and rest id from Laurent’s POV)
Task Total - 30 pts

[Deedee]

Task 20.6 Award
Read a book written by an award winning author. The award in this case should be for an author's body of work.

Robert A Heinlein Award
Here is a link to the award:

http://www.sfadb.com/Robert_A_Heinlei...

The award is not for a specific novel or story but instead for "outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings to inspire the human exploration of space".

Year 2015 was when it was awarded to Jack McDevitt.

Village in the Sky (Alex Benedict #9) (2023) by Jack McDevitt

+20 Task
+10 Combo (#10.4 – 4 word title; #20.10 major character is Alex Benedict)

Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 20 + 30 = 50

[Connie]

10.4 3, 4, 5

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

+10 task
+ 5 combo 20.3 POV (Narrator Theo, Diary of Alicia)

Task total: 15
Season total: 175

[Tien]

20.8 Real Fiction (Owlette's Task)
An Ungrateful Instrument by Michael Meehan
characters mentioned in book description, Antoine and Jean Baptiste Forqueray were French musicians
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Ba...

+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.4 - 3 words; 20.3 - 2 POVs; 20.10 - forQueray)

Post Total: 35
Season Total: 385

[Norma]

10.4 - 3, 4, 5

A Body on the Beach by P.F. Ford

+10 task
+5 Combo - 10.3 - West Wales Murder Mysteries
+5 series

Task total: 20
Grand total: 100

[Norma]

20.6 - Award

Fair Warning by Michael Connelly

+20 task - Cartier Diamond Dagger Award 2018
+5 series

Task total: 25
Grand total: 125

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Norma wrote: "20.6 - Award

Fair Warning by Michael Connelly

+20 task - Cartier Diamond Dagger Award 2018
+5 series

Task total: 25
Grand total: 125"

I need a link for the award, Norma.

[Katy]

10.4 3, 4, 5

Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life by Eric Klinenberg

+10 task (4 words in title)

Task Total: 10
Season Total: 105

[Katy]

10.4 3, 4, 5

Vera Kelly: Lost and Found by Rosalie Knecht

+10 task
+10 series (previously claimed Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery for task 20.3)

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 125

[Katy]

10.5 Wimsey

Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire

+10 task (initials SM)
+5 combo (10.3 - InCryptid is the series name)
+5 series (InCryptid series #1)

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 145

[Deedee]

Task 10.8 Gilmore Girls (Anika's Task)
Read one of the books from the Rory Gilmore Reading List

#209 of list: The Manticore by Robertson Davies

The Manticore (The Deptford Trilogy #2) (1972) by Robertson Davies (Paperback 310 pages)

+10 Task
+10 Combo (#10.5 initials: RD, #10.7 author died in 1995)
+05 Oldies: -25 to 75 years old: (1948-1998)
+05 Series (second book in a trilogy)

Task Total: 10 + 10 + 05 + 05 = 30

Grand Total: 50 + 30 = 80

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Katy wrote: "10.4 3, 4, 5

Vera Kelly: Lost and Found by Rosalie Knecht

+10 task
+10 series (previously claimed Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery for task 20.3)

T..."

Does this fit anywhere else? Vera Kelly is only 2 words. (Maybe 20.10 for character Max?)

[Rosemary]

10.7 20th Century Bookends

The Lake District Murder by John Bude

+10 Task (born 1901)
+10 Combo (10.4, 20.10 supporting character Sergeant Gratorex)
+ 5 Series
+10 Oldies (1935)

Post Total: 35
Season Total: 505

[Rosemary]

20.10 Uncommon Letter

Uneasy Money by P.G. Wodehouse

Both of the main characters have Z: William Fitzwilliam Delamere Chalmers (Lord Dawlish) and Elizabeth Boyd.

Multiple points of view including those two and others.

+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.3)
+10 Oldies (1916)

Post Total: 35
Season Total: 540

[Mary]

10.4 3,4,5

The Secret of Lonesome Cove by Samuel Hopkins Adams

10 pts 10.4 3,4,5
10 pts Oldies


Task Total: 20 pts
Season Total: 110 pts

… 10.2 …10.4 … … … … … …
… …. … … … … … 20.8 … 20.10
15.1 …. … … … … … … … …

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

15.3 Growing Genres

The Groote Park Murder by Freeman Wills Crofts

+15 task - Mystery 1923

Season total = 175

[Rebekah]

20.8 Real Fiction
Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo by Stephanie Storey

+2o pts - task
+10 pts - combo (10.4, 20.3 - each chapter alternates between the two artists’ POV)
+50 pts - second half of half-way bonus
Task Total - 70 pts

On to the sub-challenge!

[Marie]

15.1 Growing Genres

Mystery

Lady Chevy : A Novel by John Woods

Published 2020

Task total = 15

Points total = 300

10.1 ; 10.2 ; 10.3 ; … ; 10.5 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
15.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
… ; 20.2 (x4) ; 20.3 (x2) ; … ; … ; 20.6 ; … ; … ; … ; 20.10

[Marie]

10.4 3, 4, 5

This is How I Disappear by Mirion Malle

+20 Task
No style points, graphic novel

Task total = 10

Points total = 310

10.1 ; 10.2 ; 10.3 ; 10.4 ; 10.5 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
15.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
… ; 20.2 (x4) ; 20.3 (x2) ; … ; … ; 20.6 ; … ; … ; … ; 20.10

[Joanna]

15.6 GG

Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

2000 - Fantasy

Task total: 15
Grand total: 90

[Joanna]

15.7 GG

All Seated on the Ground by Connie Willis

2007 - Fantasy

Task total: 15
Grand total: 105

[Katy]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Katy wrote: "10.4 3, 4, 5

Vera Kelly: Lost and Found by Rosalie Knecht

+10 task
+10 series (previously claimed Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery for t..."

Oh whoops! I was thinking of the whole title as one - forgot the colon! Yes, it would work for 20.10 though - the character Max is one of the two main characters. Let's switch it to that! Thank you!

[Marie]

20.10 Uncommon Letter

Jean Doux et le mystère de la disquette molle by Philippe Valette

Main character is the eponymous Jean Doux

+20 Task
No style graphic novel

Task total = 20

Points total = 330

10.1 ; 10.2 ; 10.3 ; 10.4 ; 10.5 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
15.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
… ; 20.2 (x4) ; 20.3 (x2) ; … ; … ; 20.6 ; … ; … ; … ; 20.10 (x2)

[Kathleen (itpdx)]

15.7 GG

The Sculptress by Minette Walters

+15 mystery 1993

Season total: 120

[Rebekah]

15.1 Growing Genres
Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome

+15 pts -task 1900 Humor

Task Total 15 pts

[Apple]

10.1 New Horizons

Showtime! by Judy Nunn
( This was my in-person book club read for the month, first one I have been able to use for a task!)

+10 task
+5 jumbo
+5 combo (20.3 - all characters named on main page, plus most of their children ... )

Post Total = 20
Season Total = 305

[Apple]

20.1 Modernist

Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector

+20 task
+10 oldies
+10 non western
+10 combo (10.4, 20.3 - Joana &Otavia)

Post Total = 50
Season Total = 355

[Apple]

20.10 Uncommon Letter (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
(Julian & Sophie Carax; Beatriz Aguilar)

+20 task
+10 series
+ 20 combo (10.3; 10.4; 10.8; 20.3)

Post Total = 50
Season Total = 405

[Connie]

20.9 Non-Fiction

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson

+20 task (plays approved in help thread)
+5 combo 10.2 Albright Sisters (Ma approved in help thread comment 9)
+5 combo 10.3 Discworld (The Century Cycle)
+5 combo 10.4 3, 4, 5
+5 combo 20.3 POV (views of white manager and producer, and various African-Americans)
+5 combo 20.6 Award (Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award, approved in comment 111 in help thread)
+5 combo 20.8 Real Fiction (Hist Fiction listed, Ma Rainey was a real person mentioned in description)
+5 series
+5 oldie (1981)

Task total: 60
Season total: 235

[Nancy]

15.1 Growing Genres

Mystery

Kiss: She Steals More Than Your Heart by Ted Dekker

2009

Task total: 15
Season Total: 65

[Rebekah]

15.2 Growing Genres

The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

+15 pts - Task 1923 Humor

Task Total -15 prs

[Ed]

20.4 Sub-Continent
set in Sri Lanka

Trouble in Nuala by Harriet Steel

Task=20
Combo=10 (10.3;20.8)
Series= 5
Task Total=35

Grand Total= 185

Tasks Completed: 7
15.1
20.4; 20.6 (2x); 20.10 (3x)

[Valerie]

20.3 POV

Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford

see task thread, many POV

20 task
10 oldie
10 jumbo
_____
40

Running total: 205

[Rebekah]

15.3 Growing Genres

My World And Welcome To It by James Thurber

+15 pts 1942 Humor
Task Total -15 pts

[Tien]

10.6 Pi Day
A Bone to Pick (Aurora Teagarden #2) by Charlaine Harris
"Pi" found in PIck

+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.4 - 4 words)
+5 Series
+5 Oldies (pub. 1992)

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 410

[Joanne]

10-1 New Horizons

Poor Richard's Women: Ben Franklin in Love by
Nancy Rubin Stuart

+10 Task
Season Total 185

[Karen Michele]

15.4 Growing Genres

Double Indemnity by James M. Cain

+15 Task 1935 Mystery

Post Total: 15
Missed Points: 5
Season Total: 160

[Karen Michele]

20.6 Award

Langoliers by Stephen King

+20 Task: 2007 Grand Master:
https://mysterywriters.org/about-mwa/...
+. 5 Oldies (1990)

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 185

[Karen Michele]

20.7 Non-human

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo

+20 Task: the tigers are characters that speak.
+. 5 Combo: 10.3 Discworld (The Singing Hills)
+ 5 Series: first task claim (The Singing Hills Cycle #2)

Post Total: 30
Season Total: 215

[Karen Michele]

10.3 Discworld

Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo

+20 Task: The Singing Hills
+10 Combo: 10.4 3, 4, 5 / 20.7 Non-human
+ 5 Series: second task claim (The Singing Hills Cycle #3)

Post Total: 35
Season Total: 250

[Katy]

15.2 Growing Genres

The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware

+15 Task 2018 Mystery

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 170

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

15.4 Growing Genres

The Cheltenham Square Murder by John Bude

+15 Task - 1937 Mystery

Season total = 190

[Tien]

10.4 3, 4, 5
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse (Aurora Teagarden #3) by Charlaine Harris

+10 Task
+10 Series
+5 Oldies (pub. 1994)

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 435

[Beth]

10.1

Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Task total: 10
Grand total: 115

[Mary]

10.9 Quilting

The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold

10 pts 10.9 Quilting
5 pts 10.4 3,4,5
5 pts Oldies


Task Total: 20 pts
Season Total: 130 pts

… 10.2 …10.4 … … … 10.9 …
… …. … … … … … 20.8 … 20.10
15.1 …. … … … … … … … …

[Rebekah]

15.4 growing genres

Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade by Patrick Dennis

+15 - task 1955 Humor
Task Total - 15 pts

[Marie]

20.2 French

Comment devenir lesbienne en dix étapes by Louise Morel

+20 Task

Task total = 20

Points total = 350

10.1 ; 10.2 ; 10.3 ; 10.4 ; 10.5 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
15.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
… ; 20.2 (x5) ; 20.3 (x2) ; … ; … ; 20.6 ; … ; … ; … ; 20.10 (x2)

[Marie]

20.7 Non-human

Grandville by Bryan Talbot
The graphic novel is a steampunk mystery where all characters are anthropomorphized animals, the hero being a badger

+20 Task
No style, graphic novel

Task total = 20

Points total = 370

10.1 ; 10.2 ; 10.3 ; 10.4 ; 10.5 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
15.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
… ; 20.2 (x5) ; 20.3 (x2) ; … ; … ; 20.6 ; 20.7 ; … ; … ; 20.10 (x2)

[Joanne]

15.3 Growing Genres

Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones-published 1990

+15 Task
Season Total 200

Years used thus far

1990, 2002, 2015

[Norma]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Norma wrote: "20.6 - Award

Fair Warning by Michael Connelly

+20 task - Cartier Diamond Dagger Award 2018
+5 series

Task total: 25
Grand total: 125"

I need a link ..."

Link for award
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartier...