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15.6 - Listopia ChainUs Against You by Fredrik Backman
#29 on previous list -- [ATY 2023] Book by an Author You've Read: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
#1 on next list -- [ATY 2022] Next in Series: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
+20 task
Task total = 20
Season Total = 295
20.1 Favorites: "The House" (FA17 20.2, Read a book where a dwelling-place (house, castle, cottage, villa, church, prison etc.) is a "character" in the sense that the story revolves around the dwelling, it's history or former inhabitants.)Kill Creek by Scott Thomas
Task total: 20
Season total: 455
Task 20.7 Favorites - 10 tasks from 10 different seasons – all one task, #20.10
FALL 2011
20.10 - Sam’s Task - Monsterfest III
A) - 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)
Ghost Eaters (2022) by Clay McLeod Chapman
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 150 + 20 = 170
20.9 FavoritesParnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
+20 pts - Task WI 20/21 20.9 Nieces Read a book shelved as "books about books" at least 60 times.
+ 5 pts - Old (1917)
Task Total - 25 pts
20.1 FavoritesOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
+20 Task (Spring 2015, 20.4 - Guardian: In honor of La Bete Humaine, read a book from The Guardian’s 1000 novels everyone must read. - War & Travel)
+5 Before 1998 (1957)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 445
20.4 FavoritesThe Filigree Ball by Anna Katharine Green
+20 Task (Spring 2016, 20.4 - Evelyn Waugh: Read a book written by an author who died during Evelyn Waugh's lifetime [1903-1966] - Green = 1935)
+5 Before 1998 (1902)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 470
20.6 FavoritesSix of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
+20 Task (Fall 2016, 20.4 - Evelyn Waugh: Read one of the top 125 from this list There Ought to be a Band on which is found his novel Vile Bodies. - #39)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 490
20.7 FavoritesBorn in Fire by Nora Roberts
+20 Task (Summer 2017, 20.4 - Trilogies: In honor of Paradise and The Return of the King, read a book that is part of a completed trilogy. [Born In trilogy]
+5 Before 1998 (1994)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 515
20.10 FavoritesA Nail Through the Heart by Timothy Hallinan
+20 Task (Winter 2022, 20.4 - Southeast Asia: In honor of Thich Nhat Hanh and F. Sionil José, read any book set at least 75% in one of these Southeast Asia countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southea... - Thailand)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 535
Summertime 10.1 Number of letters in author's first or last name
A Day of Fallen Night BY Samantha Shannon
+10 Task
+5 Big (880 pages)
Task Total 15
Total Season 185
20.10 FavoritesWinter 2020-21 - Task 20.3 Post Modern - In honor of James Baldwin, read any book by one of the authors on this list of Postmodern Writers. (Use only the alpha list on the linked page and the next, not any of the click-through pages.)
Link to the list: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...
The Clay Machine-Gun by Victor Pelevin
+20 Task
+ 5 Before 1998 (1996)
+100 Completion bonus: 10 tasks from 10 different seasons
Post Total: 125
Season Total: 550
20.1 Favorites, Round 2Fall 2018 - Task 20.1 - War's End - Read a book set (at least 51%) in the years 1918-1938.
The Adventures of Sally by P.G. Wodehouse
+20 Task (published 1922 and set entirely at that time)
+ 5 Before 1998
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 575
20.2 Favorites, Round 2 Winter 2019-20 - Task 20.3 - She Writes - Read a book written by a woman with a woman main character.
The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths
+20 Task (MC Harbinder Kaur is female)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 595
20.3 Favorites, Round 2 Fall 2016 - Task 20.8 - J.D. Salinger - Read a book by an author who publishes using their initials rather than first name.
A Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse
+20 Task
+ 5 Before 1998 (1919)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 620
20.4 Favorites, Round 2 Spring 2016 - Task 20.3 - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Read an author who has a complex surname: surname consists of two distinct words, includes an article, or is hyphenated.
La Celestina by Fernando de Rojas
+20 Task
+ 5 Before 1998 (1499)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 645
20.5 Favorites, Round 2 Summer 2019 - Task 20.1 - Iris Murdoch - Read a book published during Iris Murdoch's lifetime (1919-1999)
Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe
+20 Task (published 1964)
+ 5 Before 1998
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 670
20.6 Favorites, Round 2 Winter 2017-18 - Task 20.1 - Lifetime - Read a book written by any author born during Muriel Spark's lifetime (1918-2006)
Love Lies Bleeding by Edmund Crispin, born 1921
+20 Task
+ 5 Before 1998 (1948)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 695
10.8 - SummertimeWorking Stiff by Annelise Ryan
+10 task - MPE page count - 366
Task total: 10
Grand total: 140
10.10 - SummertimeHow It Happened by Michael Koryta
+10 task - title begins with F, G, or H
Task total: 10
Grand total: 150
20.2 Favorites: "Respect Elders" (WI14/15 20.9: Read a book by an author who lived at least 80 years.)Crooked House by Agatha Christie
+20 Task, 85 years
+5 Oldies, pub. 1949
Task total: 25
Season total: 480
20.5 FavoritesThe Mayor's Wife by Anna Katharine Green
+20 Task (Summer 2018, 20.6 Winter's Tale, The Something's Something title format)
+5 Oldies (1907)
Task total = 25
Season total = 225
20.6 - FavoritesThe Whole Truth by David Baldacci
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 170
20.7 FavoritesDeliver Us from Evil by David Baldacci
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 190
20.8 - FavoritesTrue Blue by David Baldacci
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 210
20.9 - FavoritesTonight I Said Goodbye by Michael Koryta
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 230
20.10 - FavoritesThe Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
+75 Bonus - all one task
Task total: 95
Grand total: 325
Yay! They're fixed!
20.1 - Favorites - Round 2 Lanterns, Lakes, & Larceny by Tonya Kappes
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 345
10.6 - SummertimeThe Complaints by Ian Rankin
🏖 born 1960, according to GRs author bio 🏖
+10 task
Task total = 10
Season Total = 305
20.5Dreadgod by Will Wight
Fall 2022 20.10 Birthday (Elizabeth (Alaska's) Task
This year my age will be consecutive digits. Read any book whose original publication year is 2 consecutive digits. (e.g. 1944, 1880, 2006)
Published 2022
+20 task
Season total = 290
20.3 Favorites, "Fictional Fiction" [WI11/12 20.8, Read a novel that includes references to a fictional book (a non-existent book created specifically for the work of fiction).]The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis
Task total: 20
Season total: 500
15.10Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood by Marjorie M. Liu
#56 on prior list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
+40 task
+100 finish
Task total =140
Season total = 430
15.4 Listopia ChainHexed (The Iron Druid Chronicles #2) by Kevin Hearne
+15 Task (#94 from previous list: The Best Urban Fantasy #194 on new list: Best Fantasy of the 2010s )
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 635
20.7 Favorites The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton
+20 Task (SP 17 My Name is Red: In honor of Gabriel's favorite book, My Name is Red, read a book with 25000-49999 ratings with an average of 3.75 or higher)
31,906 Ratings 4.10 Stars
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 140
100 points (10 tasks from 10 different seasons (20.1-20.10 tasks chosen from 10 seasons)
10.10 - SummertimeThe Hen of the Baskervilles by Donna Andrews
🏖 title begins with H 🏖
+10 task
Task total = 10
Season Total = 315
20.5 FavoritesFall 2011 20.5-More than 1 point of view
Dog Days by Ericka Waller (3 POV's)
+20 Task
Season Total 225
15.5 Listopia ChainThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy #1) by N.K. Jemisin
+20 Task (#72 from previous list: Best Fantasy of the 2010s #14 on new list: Most Unique, Original, and Interesting Magical Systems)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 655
20.10 FavoritesHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
+20 pts - task FA 22 20.6 Read one of the top 250 from the list Most Poetic Book Titles. (#133 on list)
+100 pts - Finish bonus -10 tasks from 10 different seasons
SU 14, WI 14/15, SP 15, SU 19, FA 19, WI 19/20, WI 20/21, FA 21, FA 22, WI 22/23
Task Total -120 pts
All 3 challenges completed! On to the second rounds!
Task 20.8 Favorites - 10 tasks from 10 different seasons – all one task, #20.10
WINTER 2011-2012
20.10 - Sam’s Task - Play the numbers
The winter Challenge is held in 2011 and 2012, in the 12th, 1st, and 2nd months. Read a book that was originally published in a year which contains the numerals 1 and 2, such as 2011, 1925, 1862, etc.
Published year: 2010
Unexpectedly, Milo (2010) by Matthew Dicks
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 170 + 20 = 190
20.1 Favorites - round 2Buffalo Bayou: A Noir Crime Thriller by Tom Abrahams
+20 pts - task SU 13 20.10 Read a novel set primarily (more than half) in one of the cities which has won a world series - Houston
Task Total - 20 pts
15.4 Listopia ChainThe Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
+15 Task: #85 on previous list: Books That Deserve a Higher Rating
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
#7 on current list: Best Gay and Lesbian Historical Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 245
Task 15.1 Listopia Chain –Atalanta (2023) by Jennifer Saint
#51 on list Most_Anticipated_Book_Releases_2023
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 190 + 15 = 205
20.7 FavoritesCardiff, by the Sea: Four Novellas of Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates
+20 task (Fall 2012) 20.8 Veteran's Day-author has published for 20 or more years
Task total=20
Season total=150
20.1 FavoritesWatchers of Time by Charles Todd
20 pts 20.1 Favorites
Fall 2012 20.8 Veteran's Day-author has published for 20 or more years
Task total: 20 pts
Season total: 320 pts
Round 2
Post 402: Fall 2012 20.8
15.6 Listopia ChainThe Pale Criminal by Philip Kerr
+20 Task (Trilogy including this title is #92 on previous list: Best World Mysteries https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9... #26 on Best 1940s Historical Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
+5 Before 1998 (1990)
Task total = 25
Season total = 250
20.4 Favorites: "Moll Flanders" (SP 19 20.1, Read a book in which the entirety of the title is a woman's name. This can include a first name or a first name and surname. The woman must be a character in the book. Books with sub-titles will not be accepted for this task.)Lore by Alexandra Bracken
+20 Task, "Lore" is short for Melora, the main character's given name, and the name used to refer to her throughout the book
Task total: 20
Season total: 520
20.9 FavoritesNieces-Books About Books(WI 20-21)
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstoreby Robin Sloan
Task +20
Grand Total: 120
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+10 Task, 1973
Task total: 10
Season total: 435