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SU 23 Completed Tasks
15.7 ListopiaHate That Cat by Sharon Creech
#61 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...,
#31 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
Task total: 15
Season total: 680
10.8 SummertimeNumber is in MPE page count
Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America's First Humanitarian Mission page count 336
Task points 10
Season Total 245
15.8 ListopiaOctober Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman
#1 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
#44 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
Task total: 15
Season total: 695
10.6 SummertimeOliver Twist by Charles Dickens
+10 task (Number is in year of author's birth - 1812)
+ 5 before 1998 (pub 1838)
+ 5 big (608 pages)
Task total: 20
Season total: 220
20.6Waybound by Will Wight
Spring 21
20.9 Series (Kate S's task)
Spring is a time to start something new. Read the first book in a new series, or use this season to continue a series you have previously started.
+20 task
+5 Jumbo
Task total = 25
Season total = 455
10.6 Author birth yearJitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
+10 task (1936)
+5 old (1984)
Task total: 15
Season total: 165
15.8 Listopia ChainThe Mask of Dimitrios by Eric Ambler
+30 Task (#19 on Literary Spy Stories https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... #4 on Best PreWar Spy Thrillers https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...)
+5 Before 1998 (1939)
Task total = 35
Season total = 325
10.9 Author 1st or last: F, G, HMrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish by Dorothy Gilman
10 task
5 oldie
_____
15
Running total: 540
Task 20.10 Favorites - 10 tasks from 10 different seasons – all one task, #20.10
FALL 2017
20.10 Uncommon Letter (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
Read a book where a Q, X, or Z is the first or last letter of any word in the title (but not the subtitle) or the first or last letter of one of the author's names, hyphenated names included.
Author Name: marcel therouX
The Sorcerer of Pyongyang (2022) by Marcel Theroux
+20 Task
+100 points: 10 tasks from 10 different seasons
Task Total: 20 + 100 = 120
Grand Total: 250 + 120 = 370
10.9 Summertime, Authors first/last name start with F, G, HBlood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton
Task total: 10
+100 Finisher Bonus
Season total: 805
10.2 SummertimeI Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
+10 Task 6 Words in title
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 200
10.8 Summertime High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out by Amanda Ripley
+10 task (MPE page count 368 pages)
Post total: 10
Season Total: 210
20.10 FavoritesMystery (WI 22-23)
Read a book with MPG mystery
Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
MPG mystery
Post total: 20
Grand total: 150
10.10 Title starts with F, G, or HThe Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise by Pico Iyer
+10 task
Season total: 175
Post 500 Norma wrote: "20.2 - Favorites - Round 2Wildlife, Warrants, & Weapons by Tonya Kappes
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
Task total: 20
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*Starting second round*20.1 Favorites
The Blonde on the Street Corner by David Goodis
+20 task (Spring 2012) 20.5-originally published in the 1950s
+ 5 before 1998
Task total=25
Season total=335
20.8 FavoritesCharley Bland by Mary Lee Settle
SU 15 20.4 The South (set in the US South) - book is set in West Virginia
+20 task
+ 5 before 1998 (published in 1989)
Task total: 25
Season total: 245
Task 15.3 Listopia Chain –Book from 15.2 = A House with Good Bones (2023) by T. Kingfisher
Find another Listopia where your second book is in any position.
It is #9 on Hugo 2024 Eligible Novels https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
On that new Listopia, your third book will be in the Top 100.
Third book is: = The Final Season (Planet Gallywood #1) (2023) by Andrew Gillsmith
It is #5 on Hugo 2024 Eligible Novels https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 370 + 15 = 385
10.2 Number of words in titleThe Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
10 task
5 oldie
_____
15
Running total: 555
20.4 FavoritesRoads to Roam by Hoffman Birney
20 pts 20.4 Favorites
5 pts Pre 1998. 1930
Summer 2019, 20.1 Iris Murdoch, published during Iris Murdoch's lifetime (1919-1999)
Task total: 25 pts
Season total: 385 pts
Round 2
Post 402: Fall 2012 20.8
Post 458: Summer 2013 20.6
Post 463: Fall 2016 20.10
Post 529: Summer 2019, 20.1
Listopisa15.3
The Blue Sword
# 82 on list # 2 https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
# 15 on list # 3
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Task Points 15
Style Points 5 (Published 1982)
Task Points 20
Season Total 275
15.9 Listopia ChainDead Man's Land by Robert Ryan
+30 Task (#15 on Best PreWar Spy Thrillers https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... #58 on World War 1 Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...)
Season total = 355
20.5 FavoritesGalapagos by Tom Jackson
20 pts 20.5 Favorites Set in Equador
Winter 2012/13 20.5 – In honor of Winter in Madrid :
Read a book originally written in Spanish OR a book set entirely in a Spanish speaking country
Task total: 2O pts
Season total: 405 pts
Round 2
Post 402: Fall 2012 20.8
Post 458: Summer 2013 20.6
Post 463: Fall 2016 20.10
Post 529: Summer 2019, 20.1
Post 532: Winter 2012/13 20.5
20.7 FavoritesSupergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King
SP 23 20.7 Non-human
In honor of The Lord of the Ring series, read a book with a non-human main character. This can be a hobbit, space alien, dog, etc.
Task total: 20 (all characters are nonhuman)
Season total: 55 + 20 = 75
15.5 Listopia ChainFingersmith by Sarah Waters
+20 Task: #1 on previous list: Best Gay and Lesbian Historical Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
#52 on current list: Women on the "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" List
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
+ 5 Big
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 315
15.4 Listopia ChainThe Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
+15 Task (#3 from previous list - What We've Read So Far in 2022: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...) and #2 on new list - Popsugar #11, a BookTok Recommendation: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...)
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 225
15.5 Listopia ChainThe Guncle by Steven Rowley
+15 Task (#35 on previous list list - Popsugar #11, a BookTok Recommendation: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... and #50 on new list - Best Books of 2021 - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...)
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 245
15.6 Listopia ChainNever Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian
+15 Task (#96 on previous list - Best Books of 2021 - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... and #20 on new list - Mystery & Thriller 2021 - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...)
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 265
15.7 Listopia ChainGrave Reservations: A Novel by Cherie Priest
+15 Task (#91 on previous list - Mystery & Thriller 2021 - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... and #43 on new list - books with sunglasses on the cover - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...)
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 285
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 500 Norma wrote: "20.2 - Favorites - Round 2Wildlife, Warrants, & Weapons by Tonya Kappes
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Ta..."
Computer issue and I must have hit post twice, sorry for the mix up.
20.8 - Favorites - Round 2Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 495
10.8 - SummertimeManhunt by James Patterson
+10 task - number in year of author birth - 1947
Task total: 10
Grand total: 505
20.9 - Favorites - Round 2Ambush by James Patterson
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 525
20.10 Favorites All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
+20 Task (SU 20 France: Read a book written by an author born in France or a book set at least 75% in France)
Book is set totally in France
Task Total: 20
Bonus: 100 points (10 tasks from 10 different seasons)
Season Total: 300
100 points (10 tasks from 10 different seasons (20.1-20.10 tasks chosen from 10 seasons)
20.2 FavoritesThe Golden Deed by Andrew Garve (1908-2001)
+20 task (Fall 2013) 20.2 Author alive between 1909 and 1922
+ 5 before 1998
Task total=25
Season total=360
20.7 FavoritesA Thief in the Night by E.W. Hornung
+20 Task (Spring 2022, 20.1, Pulitzer, published during Pulitzer's lifetime 1847-1911)
+ 5 Oldies (pub'd 1905)
Task total = 25
Season total = 380
10.1 Number of letters in author name The Survivors by Jane Harper
Task : 10
Post : 10
Season total : 150
10.6 - Number in year of author birth The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Author born in 1890
Task: 10
Book first published in 1942 : 5
Post total: 15
Season total: 165
10.7 Number in original pub date Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill
Published in 2017
Task: 10
Season total: 175
20.4 - Favorites Task taken from Summer 2020 - task 20.1 : Read a book set at least 75% in an African country
Red Island House by Andrea Lee
Task: 20
Season total: 195
20.3 Favorites, Round 3 Spring 2020 - Task 20.8 My Cup of Tea
Read a novel in which a character drinks or brews a cup of hot tea. Please include the sentence when claiming the book for points.
Marking Time by Elizabeth Jane Howard
"They had baked beans and toast and lovely strong Indian tea" page 14
+20 Task
+ 5 Before 1998 (1991)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 960
20.4 Favorites, Round 3 Fall 2019 - Task 20.8 Periodic Table
Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initial match a chemical symbol in order (e.g., Fe).
Ancestry by Simon Mawer
+20 Task (Sm = Samarium)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 980
20.5 Favorites, Round 3 Winter 2018-19 - Task 20.9 Long Nights, Long Books
Read a book of at least 700 pages.
Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope
+20 Task (750 pages)
+ 5 Jumbo
+ 5 Before 1998 (1865)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1010
20.10 Favorites, "Vera Brittain" [FA16, Vera Brittain-(1893-1970) served as a nurse in the armed forces in WWI. Read a book with the DDC classification in the 600s at BPL. (600s are Technology, which includes Health & Medicine) ]Proof: The Science of Booze by Adam Rogers
+20 Task, BPL Call number: 663.1 R
Task total: 20
+100 Finisher, 10 Tasks 10 Seasons (SP11, WI11/12, WI14/15, SP15, FA15, SP16, FA16, FA17, SP19, WI21/22)
Season total: 925
Season total:
10.10 Summertime 2nd roundGaining Ground: A Story of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, and Saving the Family Farm by Forrest Pritchard
+10 - task
20.5 FavoritesThe Guest by Emma Cline
Spring 2013 20.5 - In honor of Emma, read a book written by a woman with a single female narrator/main character.
Task total: 20
Season total: 75 + 20 = 95
20.9 Favorites28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto by David Safier
shelved 11x as Jewish
+20 Task (Winter 14/15 - shelved at least 10x as Jewish)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 715
20.9 FavoritesThe Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
FA 10 20.5 Freedom Season (a book related to the American Civil War)
+20 task
+ 5 before 1998 (Published in 1974)
Task total: 25
Season total: 270
10.2 - SummertimeThe Bones at Point No Point by D.D. Black
+10 task - 6 word title
Task total: 10
Grand total: 535
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Winter 2019-20 - Task 20.7 Island Dreams
Read a book that takes place (at least 75%) on an island country listed on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
+20 Task (100% UK)
+ 5 Jumbo (522 pages)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 935