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20.5 Speech and DebateThe Masquerades of Spring by Ben Aaronovitch
20 task
5 series
5 multi
10 combo 10.6 (tin pan alley), 20.3 Be, Na, Ar, O
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40
Running total: 755
Thanks to Apple + Coralie who brought this new novella in the series to my attention!!! I LOVED it!
15-9 ScrabbleL-1 Authors name stars with L
The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
Points this task 15
Season Total 265
Task 20.8 Fall Authors (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s task):The Fall months are the 9th, 10th, and 11th months of the year. Read any book whose author was born in a year ending in 9, 0, or 1.
Goodreads Bio says Frank Herbert was: Born: 1920
For Combos:
10.5 Lucky Sevens
7 letter in Author Last Name: HE RB ER T
10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader
SILVER
p. 6: “The D-wolves did not change pace. They were SILVER shadows which went flick-flick through the loud green smells of the forest.”
20.3 Chemistry:
FRank HERBERt
87 Fr Francium
2 He
Helium
37 Rb
Rubidium
68 Er Erbium
God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4) (1981) by Frank Herbert (copy I read)
(MPE edition God Emperor of Dune has 587 pages)
+20 Task
+15 Combos (#10.5, #10.6, #20.3)
+05 Jumbo 500-699 Pages:
+05 Series (part of a series)
Task Total: 20 + 15 + 05 + 05 = 45
Grand Total: 390 + 45 = 435
20.3 ChemistryHenry, Himself by Stewart O'Nan
S TE AR NA
Sulfur Tellurium Argon Sodium
+20 Task
+20 Combo:
10.6-"In place of titanium, he worked with white pine.” pg. 86
20.1-“… he taught at the University of Central Oklahoma and the University of New Mexico.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart...
20.7-trilogy
20.8-born 1961 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart...)
+5 Multiple
+5 Series
Task total=50
Season total=620
15.5 ScrabbleIn Too Deep by Lee Child
15 pts 15.5 Scrabble O6 - letter sequence 'ough', 'oo', 'oin' in any title word
Task Total: 15 pts
Season total =490 pts
Post 506
10.1 … … 10.4 … 10.6 … … … …
20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 … … 20.8 … 20.10
15.1 (L) 15.2 (U) 15.3 (I) 15.4 (K) 15.5 (O)… … … … …
10.7 Helicopter SeasonPaladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher
+10 task HOPE - HelicOPtEr
+15 Combo [10.6 The taste of IRON filled his mouth, 10.10, 20.5 supernatural]
+15 series (previously used for 20.5 & 10.6)
+10 young (born 1977)
Post total = 50
Season total = 1780
10.9 Keep It ShortMore of This World or Maybe Another by Barb Johnson
For 10.6, silver on page 32: "Maggie brings Delia to her little silver Airstream."
+10 task (collection of short stories)
+ 5 combo 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader - silver
+ 5 combo 10.7 Helicopter Season - This
+ 5 combo 20.1 Back to School - Author teaches fiction writing in the MFA program at the University of New Orleans
Task total: 25
Season total: 540
Task 15.5 ScrabbleThe Doomsday Vault (Clockwork Empire #1) (2011) by Steven Harper
Tile: O5 - Author surname is an OCCUPATION
Harper played or made harps
Letter Points: 1
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Grand Total: 435 + 15 = 450
15.8 ScrabbleThe Searcher by Tana French
Tile: T1 - Thrillers or MPG Thriller
Letter points: 1
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season Total: 905
10.9 - Keep it Short!Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Issue 1, Autumn 1998: "Gegenshein", or "The Ski Instructor" by Dave Eggers
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (gold - I encountered two independent gold miners, p38, also mercury, cianide, nickel and copper, p41)
+ 5 Multiple
Task total = 20
Season Total: 925
20.3 ChemistryMurder on the Yellow Brick Road by Stuart M. Kaminsky
+20 Task: stuART M kAMINsky= Ar, Argon; Tm, Thulium; Am, Americium; In, Indium
+ 5 Combo: 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (silver - "In the book they were silver.")
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Series Second Claim
Task total = 40
Season Total: 965
20.3 ChemistryHell Fire by Karin Fossum
+20 Task: KARIN fOS= K,h Potassium; Ar, Argon; In, Indium; Os, Osmium
+ 5 Combo: 20.9 - haLLowEEn (ll /ee)
+ 5 Multiple
+ 5 Series
Task total = 35
Season Total: 1000
20.4 Home EconomicsParsley, Sage, Rosemary and Crime by Tamar Myers
+20 Task: Recipes are included in full, for example "Shoo Fly Pie"
+10 Combo: (10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (gold - "gold foil cones bobbled in response") / 20.3 Chemistry (TAmAR mYERs= Ta, Tantalum; Ar, Argon; Y, Yttrium; Er, Erbium)
+ 5 Series
Task total = 35
Season Total: 1035
10.5 Lucky SevensThe Jackal’s House by Anna Butler
Combos:
10.6: "I wouldn't have wagered one shiny silver sixpence on which I'd prefer." p 1
20.3: Na B Tl Er
20.7: trilogy
20.10: T J H
+10 Task (pub 2017)
+20 Combo
+ 5 Series
Post total = 35
Season total = 635
20.9 HaLLowEEnVienna Blood by Frank Tallis
+20 Task (VieNNa BlOOd)
+15 Combo (10.6 - Inside were some papers, a few silver coins, and a locked cash box.; 20.1 - see Msg 9 in the task thread, 20.3 - Fr, N, Ta, Li)
+ 5 Multiple (first post #433)
+ 5 Series
Task total = 45
(Note, the MPE is not the first listed 592 pgs, where the language is Indonesian)
Season total = 735
20.8 Fall AuthorsGenghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden
+20 task GR bio 1971
+5 combo 20.1 GR bio
+5 combo 10.6 “she…began stoking the little iron stove”
+5 series
+5 jumbo
Task total: 40
Season total: 365
10.9 Keep It Short First-Year Orientation edited by Lauren Gibaldi
Lexile 760
+10 task
+5 combo (10.6 - "silver Peace dollars are like 30 dollars a pop on eBay" page 2)
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 60
10.10 Group ReadsThe Night Swim by Megan Goldin
+10 task
+5 combo (10.6 - 118: "Greg held up one of his gold medals.")
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 75
15.1 ScrabbleThe Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear
Tile: W1 - WWII genre
Letter points: 4
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 90
15.2 ScrabbleInteresting Facts about Space by Emily R. Austin
Tile: A4 - letter sequence ACE in title word (space)
Letter points: 1
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 105
15.3 ScrabbleEveryone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena
Tile: L1 - author's name starts with L
Letter points: 1
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 120
15.9 ScrabbleSuch a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry
Tile: A3 Award Winner: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général for Fiction (1991), Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book Overall (1992)
Letter points: 1
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season Total: 1050
10.6 Elementary My Dear WatsonTrick or Treat Murderby Leslie Meier
"the tree covered hills wore their fall colors of red and gold" p 6
Task +10
Series+10 #3 in series
Grand total: 275
20.1 Back to SchoolBeautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
+20 Task, "She has taught in the Creative Writing programs of NYU, The New School, and Institute for American Indian Arts. She currently teaches in the Creative Writing Department at Yale University."
+10 Young, b. 1977 (from an instagram post she wrote: "Today’s my birthday~ happy to know you, happy to be here, since 1977"
+15 Combo: 10.5, "Bertino"=7 letters; 10.6, "A pantyhose run peeks out from her short skirt, a line of gold under the office lights."; 20.3, Ar (argon) He (helium) Ne (neon) B (boron)
Task total: 45
Season total: 440
15.5 ScrabbleThe September House by Carissa Orlando
+15 Task, T6--No "t" in author's name
Task total: 15
Season total: 455
15.2 - ScrabbleMarina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Z1 - author LAST name has a Z
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Points total = 635
10.1 ; … ; … ; … ; 10.5 ; 10.6 (x2) ; 10.7 ; 10.8 ; 10.9 ; …
15.1 ; 15.2 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
20.1 (x2) ; … ; 20.3 ; 20.4 (x2) ; 20.5 (x2) ; 20.6 ; 20.7 (x2) ; 20.8 (x3) ; 20.9 ; 20.10
15.3 - ScrabbleA Winter in Mallorca by George Sand
P1 - pseudonymous author - George Sand's real name was Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin de Francueil
+15 task
Task total = 15
Points total = 650
10.1 ; … ; … ; … ; 10.5 ; 10.6 (x2) ; 10.7 ; 10.8 ; 10.9 ; …
15.1 (Y) ; 15.2 (Z) ; 15.3 (P) ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
20.1 (x2) ; … ; 20.3 ; 20.4 (x2) ; 20.5 (x2) ; 20.6 ; 20.7 (x2) ; 20.8 (x3) ; 20.9 ; 20.10
20.7 ArtThe Montesoro Legacy by Stella Riley
+20 task
+15 Combo [10.6 The butler placed the card on a SILVER salver, 20.1, 20.8]
+15 series (previously used for 20.1 & 20.9)
+5 multiple
Post total = 55
Season total = 1835
20.3 ChemistryFinding Margaret Fuller by Allison Pataki
For 10.6, gold on page 372: "I feast my eyes on my last glimpses of Raphael, Michelangelo, and Titian--marble and oil and gold."
+20 task - Al, Li, S, Pa
+ 5 combo 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader
+10 Young - Author was born in 1984, age 39 per Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison...
Task total: 35
Season total: 575
20.1 Back to SchoolThe Golden Egg by Donna Leon
+20 Task (see Msg 9 in the task thread)
+10 Combo (10.6 - Tin maybe. But copper was the main business.; 20.10)
+20 Series (previous for 20.10, 10.4, 20.2)
Task total = 50
Season total = 785
20.1 - Back to SchoolThe Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith
+20 task - taught at Leith Academy
+5 Combo - 20.3 Chemistry - O, Be, GA, Br
+5 repeat
+25 jumbo- 1391 pgs
Task total: 55
Grand total: 900
20.5 ScienceMPG Science or one that features a supernatural element (ghosts, magic, etc.).
Into a Dark Realm by Raymond E. Feist
+ 20 Task
+5 Combo Series
Task Total 25
Season Total 300
10.5 Lucky Sevens7 letters in the author’s last name
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
Author was born April 6, 1975
+10 Task
+10 Young
20
Season Total 320
20.3 ChemistryThe Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre
Be - Beryllium
Ac - Actinium
Ci - Chlorine
In- Indium
+20 Task
Season Total 340
15.6 ScrabbleThe World in Half by Cristina Henríquez
+15, Z1, author last name has a “z”
Task total: 15
Season total: 470
10.2 Gothic FictionCollected Ghost Stories by M.R. James
+10 Task, #32 on list
+5 Jumbo, MPE 568 pgs
+15 Combo: 10.9, 20.1, 20.5
Task total: 30
Season total: 500
20.8 - Fall AuthorsTo Darkness and to Death by Julia Spencer-Fleming
+20 task - 1961
+5 Combo - 20.3 - Chemistry - Li, Ce, Rf, In
+5 Combo - 20.10 - Zalphabetical - T, D, A
+5 series
Task total: 35
Grand total: 935
10.7 Helicopter SeasonThe Corpse with the Golden Nose by Cathy Ace
10 task
10 series
15 combo 10.6 (pg 42 '… and red and gold striped tie.'), 20.1, 20.3 Ca, Th, Y, Ce
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35
Running total: 800
10.8 BAD Sydny Crime Writers FestivalAftermath by LeVar Burton
10 pts 10.8 BAD Sydny Crime Wrirers Festival
5 pts 10.5 Lucky Seven Year of Publication 1997
5 Pts 10.6 IRON « The stew simmered in a large iron kettle that hung over a fire in the center of the camp«
Task Total: 20 pts
Season total =510 pts
Post 506
10.1 … … 10.4 … 10.6 … 10.8 … …
20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 … … 20.8 … 20.10
15.1 (L) 15.2 (U) 15.3 (I) 15.4 (K) 15.5 (O)… … … … …
Task 15.6 ScrabbleThe Village Library Demon-Hunting Society (2024) by C.M. Waggoner (Paperback 339 pages)
I8 - letter sequence 'ist', 'ing', 'ire' in any title word
Word: demon-huntING
Letter Points: 1
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Grand Total: 450 + 15 = 465
10.6 Elementary My Dear WatsonMoon Calledby Patricia Briggs
"He couldn't hold cold iron" p 18
Task +10
Combo +5 chemistry
Multiple +5 BRIggS
Series +10- #1 in the series
Book total : 30
Grand total:305
15.3 ScrabbleE8 - any book in a series with eight or more installments
Plan For The Worst by Jodi Taylor
_O_ _E _
P _ _ _ _
Post Total= 15
Season Total = 1390
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 (X2); 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)
10.4 - Significant Year (Karen Michele's task):5,000 Kilometers Per Second by Manuele Fior
First published 2009, the year we moved into our first home
**Graphic novel, no styles**
Post Total= 10
Season Total = 1400
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 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)
10.5 Lucky Sevens (Rosemary's task):Paper Girls, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
7 letters in author’s last name, Vaughan
**Graphic novel, no styles**
Post Total= 10
Season Total = 1410
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 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)
20.1 Back to School:Tolkien: Lighting Up The Darkness by Willy Duraffourg
Posted details in help thread
**Graphic novel, no styles**
Post Total= 20
Season Total = 1430
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x3); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)
20.1 Back to School:M Is for Monster: A Graphic Novel by Talia Dutton
Posted details in help thread
**Graphic novel, no styles**
Post Total= 20
Season Total = 1450
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4(x2); 10.5 (x3); 10.6 (x3); .10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (X2); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1 (x4); 20.2; 20.3 (x2); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x3)
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Read a book that contains a recipe but is NOT a cookbook.
Clammed Up by Barbara Ross
Cozy mystery with recipes.
Task Points: 20
Season Total: 175