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10.2 Summertime: 6, 7, or 8 words in titleNow Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
+10 Task
Task total: 10
Season total: 40
20.1 Uncrowned by Will Wight
Main POVs: Lindon, Yerin, Makiel
Some characters: Lindon, Yerin, Dross, Suriel, Makiel, Eithan, Mercy, Pride, Fury, (lots more)
Summer 2013 20.8
20.8 Baseball Team Read a novel that is told through the eyes of two or more characters and has more than 9 named characters.
+20 task
Season total = 20
Task 20.1 Favorites - 10 tasks from 10 different seasons – all one task, #20.10
winter 2018-2019
task 20.10 Over and Under
Read any book with an average rating over 3.74 AND under 1001 ratings. (3.75/1000)
Smoking Kills (2008) by Antoine Laurain; translated from French by Louise Lalaurie Rogers
+20 task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 00 + 20 = 20
20.2 Favorites - The Long ConGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
fall 2016 task 20.7 #52 on Con Men, Gamblers and Hustlers list
20 task
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20
Running total: 70
10.4- - SummertimeBlack Wolf Rising by Lyle Nicholson
+10 task - 6 letters in title word
Task total: 10
Grand total: 10
10.5 - SummertimeDeath In The Dark by Emily Kimelman
+10 task - 6 letters in setting - Mexico
Task total: 10
Grand total: 20
20.1 - FavoritesUnder Violent Skies by Judi Daykin
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 40
20.2 - FavoritesInto Deadly Storms by Judi Daykin
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 60
20.3 - FavoritesI've Got My Eyes on You by Mary Higgins Clark
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 80
20.1 FavoritesI Will Not Beg by Cherise Sinclair
+20 Task (Spring 2021, 20.9 Series - continue series already started)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 35
20.2 FavoritesSimon Says: Mine by Cherise Sinclair
+20 Task (Fall 2020, 20.3 Prolific - author who has published 20+ books)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 55
20.3 FavoritesKnocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas by Louise Rennison
+20 Task (Fall 2018, 20.7 Month in Country - book is 100-200 pages)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 75
Jayme(the ghostreader)10.4 Summertime six letters in a title word
Three to Get Deadlyby Janet Evanovich
+10
10.5 Summertime 6 letters in a setting
A Scandal in Batterseaby Mercedes Lackey
set in London
Task +10
Grand Total: 20
20.1 Fall 2012
20.3 – In honor of Edgar Allen Poe’s Tales: Read a collection of short stories or essays (Dewey decimal number of 8x4 or "essay(s)" in the title) by a single author.
In September, the Light Changes by Andrew Holleran
Task = 20
Grand Total= 20
15.1The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV
#6 on list:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
+15 task
Season total = 35
15.2The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 2 by James Tynion IV
#28 on prior list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
#71 on new list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
+15 task
Season total = 50
Task 20.2 Favorites - 10 tasks from 10 different seasons – all one task, #20.10
summer 2014
task 20.10 Austria-Hungary
The Great War began on 28 July 1914 when the Austro-Hungarians fired the first shots in preparation for the invasion of Serbia. Read a book about or set in (more than 75%) Austria-Hungary -- Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine.
Novel is set 100% in Ukraine.
Calling Ukraine (2023) by Johannes Lichtman
+20 task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 20 + 20 = 40
10.9 SummertimeA Bell for Adano by John Hersey
+10 Task (author's last nam begins with H)
+5 Pub. 1944
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 155
15.3Mimosa by Archie Bongiovanni
# 1 on prior list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
#21 new list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
+15 task
Season total = 65
20.2 Favorites, "Ratings" (FA21 20.3, average rating is 4+ stars)Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear, 4.38 average stars
Task total: 20
Season total: 60
10.6 Year of Author birthMargaret the First by Danielle Dutton
b. 1975
10 task
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10
Running total: 80
20.6 Fall 2020:20.3 Prolific
Mario Vargas Llosa, a prolific author, was one of the presenters at the National Book Festival in 2012. Read any book by an author who has published at least 20 book-length titles (100+ pages) of either fiction or nonfiction, or a combination of the two mediums.
10 tasks from 10 different seasons (20.1-20.10 tasks chosen from 10 seasons)
After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris
+20 task
Post Total = 20
Season Total = 145
...; 10.2; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; ...; ...; ...
10.3. Number of words in subtitleThe Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd by Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos
+10 task
Post Total = 10
Season Total = 155
...; 10.2; 10.3; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; ...; ...; ...
20.2 FavoritesSearch the Dark by Charles Todd
20 pts 20.2 Favorites Set immediately after WWI
Summer 2014 20.9 - Father's Day - Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task:
My father lived during the very interesting years of 1904-1954. Read a book that takes place primarily during the years 1904-1954 (more than 75%).
Task total: 20 pts
Season total: 40 pts
Tasks used Round 1
Post 23: Spring 2013 20.5
Post 76 : Summer 2014 20.9
10.8 - Number in MPE page count The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
MPE: 572 pages
Task: 10
Big: 5
Post total: 15
Season total: 25
20.4 - FavoritesA Brutal Season by Judi Daykin
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 100
15.2 Listopia ChainGirl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
+15 Task (#60 on previous list: Historical Fiction 2015 https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...) #287 on new list: Best Historical Mystery https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Task total = 15
Season total = 60
15.3 Listopia ChainThe Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo
#59 on previous list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
#41 on new list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
15 task
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15
Running total: 95
20.3 - FavoritesLe cas Malaussène I : Ils m'ont menti by Daniel Pennac
+20 Task (Spring 2023 - 20.6 Award - read a book written by an award winning - Grand Prix Metropolis bleu : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_...)
Task total = 20
Points total = 65
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10.10 SummertimeHideout (Timothy Blake #3) by Jack Heath
+10 Task (title begins with H)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 170
Listopia Challenge15.1 Listopia
Jade City
List 1 #793
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
+15 Task
+5 Big Book
Task Total 20
Season Total 55
15.2 ListopiaThe Survival of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson
#20 on previous list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
#626 on new list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Grand total: 90
10.1 SummertimeThe Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham
+10 Task (7 letters in author's last name, Wyndham)
+5 Before 1998
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 185
10.2. Number of words in titleThis is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
+10 task (8 words in title)
Task total: 10
Season total: 10
20.5 - FavouritesThe Viaduct Killings by Wes Markin
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 120
10.1 SummertimeEmma in the Night by Wendy Walker
+10 task (Number of letters in author's first or last name)
Task total: 10
Season total: 70
20.4 FavoritesThe Extraordinary Adventures Of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar (Arsène Lupin #1) by Maurice Leblanc
Pub. 1907
+20 Task (WI 15-16 - book published in 1882-1956)
+5 Before 1998
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 210
20.2 - Favorites The Nobodies Album by Carolyn Parkhurst
🥳 main character is a novelist 🥳
+20 (FA 19 task 20.3: Author: novel where the central figure is an author (either real or fictional))
Task total = 20
Season Total = 75
10.1 SummertimeComfort Zoned by Allison Speka
Number of letters in Author's first or last name -Allison
Task +10
Grand Total-30
10.9. Author first/last name begins with the 6th, 7th, 8th letter of the alphabet (F, G, H)A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
+10 task
+5 Before 1998
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 170
...; 10.2; 10.3; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.9; ...;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; ...; ...; ...; ...
20.7Winter 2010-11: 20.1 - "Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse" Read a book about life after the end of the world. Choose one of the top 50 books from Goodreads' list of post-apocalyptic fiction.
10 tasks from 10 different seasons (20.1-20.10 tasks chosen from 10 seasons)
Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey
#24 on this list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
+20 task
+ 5 Big
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 195
...; 10.2; 10.3; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.9; ...;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; 20.7; ...; ...; ...
20.8Spring 2021: 20.6 Achilles
In honor of The Song of Achilles (2012 winner), read one of the top 150 books from Best Gay Fiction or one of the top 50 from Historical Fiction on Greece and Rome.
10 tasks from 10 different seasons (20.1-20.10 tasks chosen from 10 seasons)
A Boy's Own Story by Edmund White
#37 on this list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
+20 task
+5 Before 1998
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 220
...; 10.2; 10.3; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.9; ...;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; 20.7; 20.8; ...; ...
10.1 SummertimeThe Alchemist’s Apprentice by Kate Thompson
+10 Task - Thompson, 8 letters
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 35
10.6 SummertimeWilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
+10 Task - author born 1749
+ 5 Before 1998 (1795)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 50
10.9 SummertimeThe Immoralist by André Gide
+10 Task - author's last name begins with G
+ 5 Before 1998 (1902)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 65
20.1 FavoritesLe Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier
Spring 2023 - Task 20.2 French - Read a book originally published in French.
+20 Task
+ 5 Before 1998 (1913)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 90
20.2 FavoritesEspresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith
Fall 2022 - Task 20.9 ABCs - Read a book in which the author's initials appear in alphabetical order.
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 110
20.3 FavoritesSilence by Shūsaku Endō
Summer 2020 - Task 20.2 Asia - Read a book by an author born in OR a book set at least 75% in one of these Asian countries: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (North or South), Malaysia, Korea (North or South), Thailand, Vietnam.
+20 Task (both author born and book set over 75% in Japan)
+ 5 Before 1998 (1966)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 135
10.6 SummertimeYellowface by R.F. Kuang
+10 Task: Number is in year of Author birth: 1996
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 30
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Task total: 20
Season total: 30