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20.7 – Favorites (repeated)La Ride bySimon Boileau and Florent Pierre
WI22-23 20.7 Ratings - 43 ratings
+20 Task
Task total = 20
Points total = 705
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Joanna has been looking at the database and has found some scoring errors by all of us! Thank you, Joanna!Anika: Post 222, plus 5 points Before 1998
Rebekah: Post 326, plus 5 points Before 1998
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Thank you much, Joanna! You found 20 more points for me on my birthday!
15.6 Listopia Chain Round 2Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
#10 on previous list - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
#2 on next list - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
Task Total - 20 pts
20 Point Tasks, Round 3, All One Task20.7Winter 2013/14 20.5 - Disturbing: In honor of Last Exit To Brooklyn, read a book shelved at least five times as "disturbing" .
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Shelved as disturbing 23 times
+20 task
+5 Before 1998 (1942)
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 1260
10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2) ; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x3); 20.2 (x3); 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6 (x3); 20.7 (x3); 20.8 (x2); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x2)
20 Point Tasks, Round 3, All One Task20.8 Winter 2013/14 20.5 - Disturbing: In honor of Last Exit To Brooklyn, read a book shelved at least five times as "disturbing" .
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Shelved as disturbing 9 times
+20 task
+5 Before 1998 (1939)
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 1285
10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2) ; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x3); 20.2 (x3); 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6 (x3); 20.7 (x3); 20.8 (x3); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x2)
20 Point Tasks, Round 3, All One Task20.9 Winter 2013/14 20.5 - Disturbing: In honor of Last Exit To Brooklyn, read a book shelved at least five times as "disturbing" .
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
Shelved as disturbing 22 times
+20 task
+5 before 1998 (1985)
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 1310
10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2) ; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x3); 20.2 (x3); 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6 (x3); 20.7 (x3); 20.8 (x3); 20.9 (x3); 20.10 (x2)
20.2 Favorites - 3d RoundIf Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura
WI 11-12 - 20.10 pub year has 1 and 2
+20 Task (published 2012)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 990
20.9 - Favorites - Round 3Night Kills by John Lutz
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 820
20.10 - Favorites - Round 3Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
+ 75 bonus - all one task
Task total: 95
Grand total: 915
20.6 Favorites "Retellings" (WI16/17 20.7, Inspired by my reading of Hag-Seed, read a retelling of a classic tale (be it Shakespeare or otherwise). To qualify, the book must have been shelved as a "retelling" by at least 20 users)A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow
+20 Task, shelved as "retelling" by 469 readers
Task total: 20
Season total: 1555
20.10 - FavoritesUnder the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
🔥 MPG Crime 🔥
SP 15 task 20.6 - Crime: shelved as Crime at least 150 times OR where “Crime” is listed as one of the genres on the book's page
+20 task
+100 finisher: 10 different tasks from 10 different seasons
Task total = 120
Season Total = 850
10.8 Summertime IIThe Bones at Point No Point by D.D. Black
+10 Number is in MPE page count: (264)
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 650
20.1 Favorites 2Companion Piece by Ali Smith
+20 Task: Fall 2021: 20.5 Boomer
In honor of Philip Pullman's birthday, read a book written by an author born 1946-1964.(Born 1962)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 670
10.4 SummertimeSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
flower- six letter word in title
Task +10
Grand tot⁹al: 215
20.7 Favorites "She Writes" (WI19/20 20.3, One of our early, popular tasks: Read a book written by a woman with a woman main character)A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow
Task total: 20
Season total: 1575
10.7. Number is in original pub dateCatwoman: Soulstealer by Sarah J. Maas
Task total: 10 (published in 2018)
Season total: 260 + 10 = 270
10.3. Number of words in subtitleAvatar The Last Airbender: The Art of the Animated Series by Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko
Task total: 10
Season total: 270 + 10 = 280
10.10. Title begins with the 6th, 7th, 8th letter of the alphabet (F, G, H)Home, Vol. 1 by Julio Anta
+10 Task
+100 finisher bonus
Task total: 110
Season total: 280 + 110 = 390
20.10 FavoritesUnited We Spy by Ally Carter
FA 21 20.3 Ratings
In honor of Stainslaw Lem's birthday, read a book with an average rating of 4.0 or higher.
+20 Task (rating is 4.44)
+100 finisher bonus - 10 tasks from 10 different seasons
Task total: 120
Season total: 390 + 120 = 510
10.1 Summertime A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
+10 task (8 letters in Virginia)
+ 5 before 1998 (1928)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1305
10.2 Summertime Bad Day at the Vulture Club by Vaseem Khan
+10 task (6 words in title)
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 1315
That's all for me this season. Thanks for a great summer!
15.10 Listopia ChainThe Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds
+40 Task: #25 on current list: The Encore Award
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Task Total: 40
Season Total: 710
Post 808 Valerie wrote: "15.10 Listopia Chain 2Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman by E.W. Hornung
#12 on previous list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3244
40 task
100 finish bonus
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pub'd 1899, +5 Before 1998 points
Post 809 Ed wrote: "(Please disregard Post #804)20.10
SU 19 20.1 Iris Murdoch
Read a book published during Iris Murdoch's lifetime (1919-1999).
Octopussy and The Living Daylights by [author:Ian Flem..."
Ed, your post 444 doesn't work for Goodreads and therefore RwS. I hope you have another book read to get your Finisher's bonus.
Post 664 Karen Michele wrote: "20.10 FavoritesThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
+20 Task - Winter 2021/22
20.9 Madame Bovary (Kate S's Task)
In honor of the 200th anniversary o..."
+100 Finisher Bonus, 10 different seasons
Post 831 Karen Michele wrote: "15.10 Listopia ChainThe Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds
+40 Task: #25 on current list: The Encore Award
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8......"
+100 Finisher Bonus
Post 602 Rebekah wrote: "10.9 Summertime 2nd roundAt Your Command: Includes Neville Goddard: A Cosmic Philosopher by Mitch Horowitz by Neville Goddard
+10 pts - Task"
+100 Finisher Bonus
Post 749 Rebekah wrote: "20.10 round #2Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
+20 pts - Task SU 2020 - 20.8
Inspired by The Tales of Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, Jemima Puddle-Duck and more, read a nove..."
+100 Finisher Bonus, 10 different seasons
20.3 Favorites - 3d RoundBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
SP 18 - 20.2 The Blazing World - feminist book
+20 Task
Task total: 20
Grand total: 1010
And that's it for this season. It was fun going back through the past tasks!
20.8 Favorites, "Monster Redux" [FA19 20.6 In honor of The Old Devils (1986 winner), Read a book with one of the following in the title: Devil(s)/Demon(s), Witch(es), Vampire(s), Zombie(s)/Undead, Ghost(s), or Werewolf(s).]The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero
Task total: 20
Season total: 1595
20.9 Favorites, "Birthday" (FA22 20.10, This year my age will be consecutive digits. Read any book whose original publication year is 2 consecutive digits)Ode to a Nobody by Caroline Brooks DuBois
+20 Task, pub. 2022
Task total: 20
Season total: 1615
15.7 Listopia Chain 2nd roundThe Guest List by Lucy Foley
#8 on previous list - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
#33 on next list - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Task Total - 20 pts
10.3 SummertimeInvisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez
+10 Task 8 Words in subtitle
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 755
20.3 Favorites ROUND TWO Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala
+20 Task (Spring 2022 20.3 - set in a small town - this book is set in the small town of Shady Palms IL)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 775
20.10 Favorites, "Nieces" (WI20/21 20.9, Read a book shelved as "books about books" at least 60 times)I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider
+20 Task, shelved as "books about books" by 242 readers
Task total: 20
+100 10 tasks, 10 seasons (FA22, WI22/23, WI20/21, SP20, WI19/20, FA19, WI16/17, SP14, WI12/13, FA11)
Season total: 1735
Thanks for a great Summer Season! See you all in Fall ;-)
10.6 Year of Author birth (2)The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch
b. 1964
10 task
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10
Final total: 1260
That's it for this season! See you 'in the fall'!
20 Point Tasks, Round 3, All One Task20.10 Winter 2013/14 20.5 - Disturbing: In honor of Last Exit To Brooklyn, read a book shelved at least five times as "disturbing" .
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Shelved as disturbing 50 times
+20 task
+5 Before 1998 (1985)
+75 finishers bonus, all one task
Post Total = 100
Season Total = 1410
10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2) ; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x3); 20.2 (x3); 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6 (x3); 20.7 (x3); 20.8 (x3); 20.9 (x3); 20.10 (x3)
Didn't think I was going to make it! Thanks for a great season :)
20.3 FavoritesSomebody's Fool by Richard Russo
+20 task (Winter 2012/13) 20.4–Author was born during Sylvia Plath's lifetime (1932-1963)
Task total=20
Season total=380
20.4 FavoritesFaceless Killers by Henning Mankell
+20 task (WI 22-23) 20.10 Mystery-Any book with an MPG of mystery
+5 before 1998
Task total=25
Season total=405
20.5 FavoritesWait For the Wedding by Celia Fremlin
+20 task (WI 21-22) 20.2 The Keys to the Kingdom-5k or fewer ratings and published in the 20th century
+5 before 1998
Task total=25
Season total=430
20.5 Favorites - Round 2 Last Lessons of Summer by Margaret Maron
+20 Task (WI 20-21 Grand Master: Read any book authored by a recipient of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award)
Margaret Maron 2013
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 400
10.10 SummertimeHijab Butch Blues by Lamya H.
+10 Task Title starts with F, G, or H
+100 finisher bonus
Post Total: 110
Season Total: 885
Congratulations to all participants!Now on to Fall!
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20.10
SU 19 20.1 Iris Murdoch
Read a book published during Iris Murdoch's lifetime (1919-1999).
Octopussy and The Living Daylights by Ian Fleming-7/24/23
Task = 20
pre 1998=5 (1966)
Task Total=25
Bonus =100 (10 tasks from 10 different seasons)
Grand Total= 330
Seasons used: 1. Fall 2012; 2. Winter 2020-21.; 3. Winter 2011-12; 4. Spring 2021; 5. Fall 2016; 6. Winter 22-23; 7. Winter 19-20; 8. Spring 2023; 9. Fall 2022; 10. Summer 2019