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20.3 ChemistryTriumph of the Yuppies: America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation by Tom McGrath
tOmMC RA TH oxygen, Muscovium, radium, thorium
+20 task
+5 combo 10.7 McGrath
+5 combo 10.6 “The iron had actually been invented in Ontario in the early 1900s”
+5 multiple previous claim in post 377
Task total: 35
Season total: 325
20.1 Back to SchoolI'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
+20 Task msg 48
+10 Combo:
10.6-"Its atmosphere is made up of nitrogen and carbon dioxide and it has an iron core.” pg. 34
20.8-born 1981, on Young spreadsheet
+10 Young
Task total=40
Season total=530
10.1 Exception to the Rule:The Proposal by Bae Myung-hoon
+10 Task: 107 pages
+10 Young (1978)
Task total = 20
Season Total: 665
10.3 Thankful for Family:We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas
+10 Task: 23 shelvings
+10 Combo: 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (silver: "sterling silver shakers" p164) / 20.3 Chemistry (mATTHeW THomAS = At, Astatine; Th, Thorium; W, Tungsten; As, Arsenic)
+10 Young (1975)
Task total = 30
Season Total: 695
20.1 Back to School:The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
+20 Task:
+ 5 Combo: 20.3 Chemistry (TA-NEhiSI COates = Ta, Tantalum; Ne, Neon; Si, Silicon; Co, Cobalt)
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Young (1975)
Task total = 40
Season Total: 735
20.2 Math:Bullet for a Star by Stuart M. Kaminsky
+20 Task: For A Star
+10 Combo: 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader: silver: "she plucked a cigarette from a silver box" / 20.3 Chemistry (stuART M kAMINsky= Ar, Argon; Tm, Thulium; Am, Americium; In, Indium)
+ 5 Multiple
+ 5 Series
Task total = 40
Season Total: 775
20.6 Literature:The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
+20 Task: on the list
+15 Combo: 10.7 - Helicopter Season (other: HelicOpTER /10.5 Lucky Sevens (Gregory) / 20.3 Chemistry (phiLIpPA gREgorY= Li, Lithium; Pa, Protactinium; Re, Rhenium; Y, Yttrium)
+ 5 Series
+ 5 Jumbo (661)
Task total = 45
Season Total: 820
15.7 ScrabbleA Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear
Tile: U1 - pub'd in the 10s, any century: 2011
Letter points: 1
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season Total: 835
20.3 ChemistryCloud Howe by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
+20 Task (W, Sg, Ra, Si)
+15 Combo (10.6 - Their gods were idols of brass and of gold, they lived on the sweat and the blood of men,; 20.7, 20.8 - b. 1901)
+10 Young (1901-1935)
+5 Multiple (first post #195)
+10 Series (prev post for series in Task 20.7 Post 126)
Task total = 60
Season total = 690
NOTE: I apologize if my totals are off; I’m away from my computer, and please let me know if my numbers are off.
15.5 ScrabbleRules of Civility
Tile: A3 - Award Winner (NAIBA 2012)
Letter points: 1
Task points: 15
Season points: 75
Oops! I forgot to claim my halfway finish for the 10 Point Tasks:Post total = 50
Season Total: 890 (adjusted for +5 Jumbo, post 455)
20.3 - ChemistryDragon's Breath by Rhys Dylan
+20 task - Rh, Y, Dy, La
+5 repeat
+5 missed jumbo points post 401
Task total: 30
Grand total: 755
20.1 - Back to SchoolTroubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
+20 task - taught at Leith Academy
+5 Comb - 20.3 - Chemistry - O, Be, GA, Br
+5 repeat
+20 jumbo - 944 pgs
Tsk total: 50
Grand total: 805
10.4 Significant yearThe Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan
Published 2014-The year that I joined Goodreads. This site has had a significant effect on my reading. I went from reading 20 to 30 books to now reading between 130-150 per year.
Points this task 10
Combos 15 (series and young-author was born in 1980 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_B...)
Task Total 25
Season Total 265
15.3 ScrabbleNo Mercy: A Journey Into the Heart of the Congo by Redmond O'Hanlon
Tile: T4 (400-499 pages; book has 480 pages)
Letter points: 1
Task total =15
Season total = 240
15.4 ScrabbleSweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
Tile: O6 (letter sequence “oo” in Tooth)
Letter points: 1
Task total =15
Season total = 255
Post 432:Joanna wrote: "10.10 Group Reads
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.2, 10.6 - "For a short period after the war, we had lost so many young men that our ..."
+5 Combo 20.5
10.4 Significant YearDog Stories by Diana Secker Tesdell
Combos:
10.5: Author's last name
10.6: "There were two chromium tanks from which a rubber pipe came out" p 97
10.9: Short stories
20.3: Na Se Er Te
+10 Task (I am also using the year I joined Goodreads - 2010 for me.)
+20 Combo
Post total = 30
Season total = 600
10.3 Thankful for FamilyBefore We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
10 task
15 combo 10.3 (last name), 10.6 (pg. 31 "Now I remember the tiny gold legs of…"), 20.3 (Li, S, In, Ga)
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25
Running total: 715
20.6 LiteratureHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
+20 task #239
+20 Combo [10.6 it was a proper walking stick, well trimmed and tipped with IRON, 20.3 Na-W-Ne-Es 20.5 magic, 20.7]
+5 series
Post total = 45
Season total = 1535
20.9 haLLowEEnUnder a Dark Moon by Stella Riley
+20 task mOOn, steLLa
+20 Combo [10.6 his own desire held in an IRON grip, 20.1, 20.7, 20.8]
+10 series (previously used for 20.1)
+5 multiple
Post total = 55
Season total = 1590
20.4 Home EconomicsEarthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood
+20 task includes recipes for plum pudding muffins and herb scrolls
+15 Combo [10.6 the elaborate GOLD chain around his furry neck, 20.9keRRy greenwood, 20.10]
+5 series
Post total = 40
Half-way Finish = 50
Season total = 1680
20.8 Fall authorsThe Case of the Spellbound Childby Mercedes Lackey
Task +20
Conbo +10 (10.6, 20.3)
Multiple +5
Series +10 #14 in Elemental Masters series
Book total:45
Grand total: 255
20.2 MathBoth Ways Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy
For 10.6, lead (in a description of a bullet) on page 37: "It was copper-cased, splayed out in a blossom of dull lead where the tip had been."
+20 task
+ 5 combo 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (lead)
+ 5 combo 10.9 Keep It Short (collection of short stories)
Task total: 30
Season total: 480
Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "Anika wrote: "Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "10.8 Crime Writers FestivalA Caribbean Mysteryby Agatha Christie
Crime in the MPG
Book total: 10
Grand total 200"
This boo..."
Great, this will be scored as 20.8 with +10 combo (10.6, 20.3).
Post 450:Tawallah wrote: "20.8 Fall Authors
The October Country by Ray Bradbury
Help task - spreadsheet shows born in 1920
Task: 20
Combo: 10 10.9 - keep it short, 10.7 Country in title - C..."
This doesn't fit 10.7 because "country" includes letters that are not included in HELICOPTERS. The whole word has to be made from the letters.
But, Ray Bradbury fits 20.3, so the score is the same.
Post 455:Karen Michele wrote: "10.3 Thankful for Family:
We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas
+10 Task: 23 shelvings
+10 Combo: 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (silver: "sterling silver shaker..."
+5 Jumbo
Post 410:Rosemary wrote: "20.6 Literature
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Combos:
10.6: "And you might try crossing her palm with silver in convincing denominations."
20.3: Be Ta I..."
+5 Combo 20.8 (b. 1920)
20.1 Back to SchoolWinkie by Clifford Chase
+20 Task (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffor... - He's worked as a visiting writer at Bowling Green State University, where he instructed courses in creative writing...
+5 Combo - 10.6 - "The blue-dark alleys wound and intersected in a maze, giving way to shops of silver, brass, or inlaid wood."
Task total: 25
Grand total: 390
20.6 LiteratureThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Lexile: 750
+20 Task
+10 Combo - 10.5 (pub. 1967), 10.6 - "Nothing gold can stay."
Task total: 30
Grand total: 420
20.6 Literature #232 on the list
Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
Task: 20
Combo: 20 (10.6- But they could tell that for a few years under Governor Hans Frank currencies would be risky; portable wealth - diamonds, gold, trade goods- would be desirable; 10.7 - word list found in helicopters, 20.1 - worked as a schoolteacher and lecturer , 20.3Th - thorium, As- arsenic, Ne - neon, Al - aluminum)
Post total : 40
Season total: 185
20.9 - haLLowEEnGunning for Trouble by Renee Pawlish
+20 task - NN, EE
+5 Combo - 10.5 - Lucky Seven - Pawlish
+5 Combo - 20.3 - Chemistry - Re, Ne, Pa, W
+5 repeat
+5 series #1 Jo Gunning series
Task total: 40
Grand total: 845
20.1 Back to SchoolThe Girl with a Clock for a Heart by Peter Swanson
+20 Task msg. 46
+15 Combo:
10.5-7 letters in author's last name, Swanson
10.6-"...and a neon beer sign above its door.” pg. 183
20.2-the, girl, a
+5 Multiple
Task total=40
Season total=570
20.7 ArtThe Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves
+20 task
+10 Combo [10.6 it had flecks of GOLD thread in it, 20.9 aNN clEEves]
+15 series (previously used for 20.10 & 20.9)
+5 Multiple
Post total = 50
Season total = 1730
15.8 ScrabbleU1 - pub'd in the 10s, any century
An Argumentation of Historians by Jodi Taylor
Published 2018
F R _ S H
_ UILT
Post Total= 15
Season Total = 1060
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x2); .10.7; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)
15.9 ScrabbleE6 - pub'd in the 60s, any century
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
First Published 1968
FRESH - score 11
_ UILT
Post Total= 15
Season Total = 1075
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x2); .10.7; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)
15.10 ScrabbleQ1 - Title word begins with Q
The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey
FRESH - score 11
QUILT - score 14
+15 task
+100 finisher bonus (word score 16-30)
Post Total= 115
Season Total = 1190
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x2); .10.7; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)
15.1 ScrabbleO5 - Author surname is an occupation
Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor
_O_ _ _
Post Total= 15
Season Total = 1205
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x2); .10.7; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)
15.2 ScrabbleP2 - Pulp or Pulp Noir or Pulp Adventure
The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler
_O_ _ _
P _ _ _ _
Post Total= 15
Season Total = 1220
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x2); .10.7; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)
10.7 - Helicopter Season (Coralie's task):The Restaurant of Lost Recipes by Hisashi Kashiwai
+10 task
+5 series
+5 multiple
+5 combo (10.6 - "He was carrying a silver tray on which various small plates were arranged."
Post Total= 25
Season Total = 1245
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x2); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)
20.3 Chemistry:Third Girl by Agatha Christie
AgAtHA christie = Ag, Silver; At, Astatine, H, Hydrogen; Ac, Actinium
+20 task
+5 multiple
+10 series (Poirot)
+10 combo (10.6 - " Her head showed as a bright circle of pure gold colour.; 20.8)
Post Total= 45
Season Total = 1290
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x2); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)
10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (Mary's task):The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
"There is a body-builder's grip, a can of Lilt and the plastic gold medal he won at Laser Quest."
+10 task
+5 multiple
+10 series
+5 combo (20.8)
Post Total= 30
Season Total = 1320
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)
20.1 Back to School:This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian
Graphic novel, no styles
Post Total= 20
Season Total = 1340
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x2); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)
20.4 Home Economics:Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The story The Father begins with how to make Omurice (Omlette Rice)
+20 task
+5 series
+5 multiple
+5 combo (10.6 "She lifted the silver kettle and tipped it towards the cup placed in front of Yuki."
Post Total= 35
Season Total = 1375
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x2); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)
Joanna wrote: "Post 410:Rosemary wrote: "20.6 Literature
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
+5 Combo 20.8 (b. 1920)
I think he was born in 1907...
20.5 Speech and DebateSlade House by David Mitchell
For 10.6, silver and lead on page 31: "The candlestick's dull silver or pewter or lead and it's got symbols on it, or maybe letters from a dead language."
+20 task (paranormal, magical, slipping reality)
+ 5 combo 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (silver, lead)
+ 5 combo 20.1 Back to School (taught English in Japan)
+ 5 combo 20.8 Fall Author (born 1969 per GR profile)
Task total: 35
Season total: 515
Rosemary wrote: "Joanna wrote: "Post 410:Rosemary wrote: "20.6 Literature
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
+5 Combo 20.8 (b. 1920)
I think he was born in 1907..."
Ha! So he was, but it's wrong in our database! I'll fix it.
10.2 Gothic FictionThe Turn of the Screw by Henry James. p. 1 of list
Task Points: 10
Combo: + 5 -- 20.5 Speech and Debate. Let's say the ghosts are a real supernatural element.
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 135
20.3 Chemistry.Valerie; or, The Faculty of Dreams by Sara Stridsberg
SARA STRIDSBERG
RA = 88 Radium
I = 53 Iodine
DS = 144 Darmstradium
BE = 4 Berylium
Task Points: 20
Season Total: 155
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Burning Bright by Melissa McShane
Tagged magic 53 times
Task : 20
Combo: 5- 20.3 - Li - lithium, S- sulphur, Cs- cesium, Ne- neon
Post total: 25
Season total: 145