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20.10 ZalphabeticalThe Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
YA Assignment, no Lexile score
+20 Task
Post total = 20
Season total = 20
10.1 Exception to the RuleMolly's Lips: Club Mephisto Retold by Annabel Joseph
+10 Task (122pp)
+15 Combo (10.6 iron - "He righted the hot iron and went over to her."; 10.7 - lips; 20.7 - confusingly, the series is labeled 1, 1.5, 2, but it's a three-book story)
+5 Series (Club Mephisto)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 30
Task 20.10 Zalphabetical (Joanna's task):Read a book whose title contains at least three words that appear in reverse alphabetical order.
Task 20.10: R O D
Task 10.6: SILVER
p. 12: “His glance took in the tray and coffee things – SILVER pot and two small cups and saucers – strewn across a cream-coloured carpet edged with vine leaves.”
Task 20.3: CHEMISTRY
RENNIe aIRth
75 Re Rhenium
7 N Nitrogen
28 Ni Nickel
77 Ir Iridium
River of Darkness (John Madden #1) (1999) by Rennie Airth
+20 Task
+10 Combo (#10.6, 20.3)
+05 Series (part of a series)
Task Total: 20 + 10 + 05 = 35
Grand Total: 0 + 35 = 35
20.5 Speech and DebateBirds in the Ancient World: Winged Words by Jeremy Mynott
20 pts 20.5 Speech and Debate
5 pts 20.4 Home Economics. Recipes for sauces for boiled ostrich and a sauce for flamingo. Handily for the frugal cook, there is a note that the flamingo sauce also “serves for parrot”
5 pts 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader MERCURY. “The wand of Mercury on the table,. . . “
5 pts 10.5 Lucky Seven Words in Title
Task Total: 35 pts
Season total =70 pts
Post 55
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10.5 Lucky Sevens The Secrets Come Out by Marguerite Abouet
Published 2007
+10 Task
No style, graphic novel
Task total = 10
Points total = 185
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20.10 ZalphabeticalVictory of Eagles by Naomi Novik
+20 Task: V-O-E
+ 5 Combo: 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader ("sell him a pig or chicken for gold and silver")
+5 Series
Post total = 30
Season total = 45
10.8 - BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival Sunburn by Laura Lippman
+10 Task: Crime / author new to me
+10 Combo: 10.5 Lucky Sevens (Lippman) / 20.3 Chemistry (LAURA LI = La, Lanthanum; U, Uranium; Ra, Radium; Li, Lithium)
Post total = 20
Season total = 65
10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (Mary's task):Last Date in El Zapotal by Mateo García Elizondo
+10 Task: Neon - "floating in a neon milky liquid"
+10 Combo: 20.3 Chemistry (mATeO GARCia = At, Astatine; Og Oganesson; Ar, Argon; C, Carbon) / 20.5 Speech and Debate (supernatural / ghosts)
+10 Young: Born 1987
Post total = 30
Season total = 95
20.1 Back to schoolMasque of Deceptions by Stella Riley
+20 task
+5 Combo [10.6 A fortune in GOLD and SILVER plate and jewels!]
Post total = 25
Season total = 120
20.1 Back to SchoolCrescent by Diana Abu-Jaber
+20 Task: Portland State University
+ 5 Combo: 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader ("His mouth will not taste of iron" p14)
Post total = 25
Season total = 130 (adjusted points - thanks for the extras!)
20.10 ZalphabeticalDrawing Conclusions by Donna Leon
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.6 - pg 19: "... the collar of a yellow shirt, and the thin sliver of gold on her ring finger."; 20.1 - noted in Msg 9 of the task thread
+ 5 series - Commissario Brunetti
Task total = 35
Season total = 70
15.4 ScrabbleDreamland by Nancy Bilyeau
Tile: B2 - Best of ____ - https://www.goodreads.com/list/best_o...
Letter points: 3
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 205
10.1 Exception to the RuleNights at the Alexandra by William Trevor
+10 Task (80 pgs)
+15 Combo (10.6: Her cigarette-lighter was round, like a polished gold coin. Kindle location 140; 20.1 - at msg 9 in the thread; 20.3 W Tungsten, Li Lithium, Am Americium, Re Rhenium)
Task total = 25
Season total = 95
Karen Michele wrote: "10.8 - BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival Sunburn by Laura Lippman
+10 Task: Crime / author new to me
+10 Combo: 10.5 Lucky Sevens (Lippman) / 20.3 Chemistry (LAURA..."
According to Wiki "In addition to writing, she teaches at Goucher College in Towson, Maryland, just outside Baltimore.
so plus 5 points for 20.1
Coralie wrote: "20.1 Back to schoolMasque of Deceptions by Stella Riley
+20 task
+5 Combo [10.6 A fortune in GOLD and SILVER plate and jewels!]
Post total = 25
Season total = 120"
Born 1950, so add 5 points for 20.8
Karen Michele wrote: "20.1 Back to SchoolCrescent by Diana Abu-Jaber
+20 Task: Portland State University
+ 5 Combo: 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader ("His mouth will not taste of iron" p14) ..."
Born 1960, so add 5 points for 20.8
15.3 ScrabbleThe Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
Tile: Y1= author with first name ending in 'Y'
(4 pts)
15 task
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15
Running total: 100
(first word complete = fey)
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "10.1 Exception to the RuleNights at the Alexandra by William Trevor
+10 Task (80 pgs)
+15 Combo (10.6: Her cigarette-lighter was round, like a polished gold coin. K..."
This is totally my fault for misleading you, but I'm changing my mind on combos if the book chosen has fewer than 100 pages. See here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
-15 points on this one, with my apologies
10.6 Elementary My Dear ReaderPops: Fatherhood in Pieces by Michael Chabon
CHROMIUM: “…magic and science, heroes and villains, brick-and-steel Brooklyn and the chromium world of tomorrow.” pg. 120
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.1-130 pgs; 10.7-PIECES)
Task total=20
Season total=65
10.6 Elementary My Dear ReaderUnder a Dancing Star by Laura Wood
10 task ("Filomena pours me a cup from the silver tea service on the table beside her.')
10 young
5 combo 20.1 (see task thread)
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25
Running total: 125
10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (Mary's task):Bunny by Mona Awad
"Conjures an IRON gate, tall hedges around a house with lit-up windows, me so embarrassingly obviously outside looking in." p158
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.1 - as per GR profile )
+10 Young (born 1978)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 230
15.1 ScrabbleThe Searcher by Tana French
15 pts 15.1 Scrabble. L2 - pub'd in the 20s, any century
Task Total: 15 pts
Season total =85 pts
Post 73
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10.6 Elementary My Dear ReaderLa vie gourmande by Aurélia Aurita
Translated from french : "fresh strawberries on extra-fine shortbread with a gold leaf on top"
+10 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 10
Points total = 195
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10.5 Lucky SevensSo You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
+10 Task (7 words in title)
+5 Combo (20.8 - Ijeoma Oluo was born in 1980 LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijeoma_...)
+5 Young (Ijeoma Oluo is 43 or 44)
Task total =20
Season total = 20
20.5 Speech and DebateWhen Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
+20 Task (supernatural: women turn into dragons)
+15 Combo (10.6 - "My mother's eyes were wide and bright. Gold again."; 20.1 - teacher per her GR bio; 20.3 - KellY bArNhill = K, Potassium; Yb, Ytterbium; Ar, Argon; Nh, Nihonium)
Task total =35
Season total = 55
20.3 Chemistry:Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience by Veronica Gorrie
VErONiCa Gorrie
( Er- Erbium / O - Oxygen / Ni - Nickel / Ca - Calcium)
+20 task
+5 combo (10.6 - But once a copper, always a copper.
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 125
10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8;
20.3; ...; ...; 20.6;
15.1 ScrabbleF1 - Fantasy or MPG Fantasy
A Trail Through Time by Jodi Taylor
F -
+15 task
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 140
10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8;
15.1;
20.3; ...; ...; 20.6;
20.5 Speech and Debate:Heartsong by T.J. Klune
Supernatural - shapeshifters and witches
+20 task
+10 series
+10 young
+5 combo (10.6 - The silver was once again singeing my toes, but I didn't care.
Post Total = 45
Season Total = 185
10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8;
15.1;
20.3; ...; 20.5; 20.6;
10.8 - BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival (Tien's task):Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
+10 task
+5 series
+5 multiple
+10 combo (10.6 - "... larger than a saucepan, that bled a dark gold colour into the still water ..."; 20.9)
Post Total = 30
Season Total = 215
10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2);
15.1;
20.3; ...; 20.5; 20.6;
20.8 Fall Authors (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s task):The Hollow by Agatha Christie
Born 1890
+20 task
+5 series (Hercule Poirot)
+10 combo (10.6 - " Are you referring, sir, to a cape of platinum fox?"; 20.3 AgAtHA christie = Ag, Silver; At, Astatine, H, Hydrogen; Ac, Actinium)
Post Total = 35
Season Total = 250
10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2);
15.1;
20.3; ...; 20.5; 20.6; ...; 20.8
20.9 - haLLowEEn (Anika's task):Dying of Politeness by Geena Davis
+20 task
+5 combo (10.6 - " So the actual Olympic gold medalist very kindly came over to Las Tejas;")
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 275
10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2);
15.1;
20.3; ...; 20.5; 20.6; ...; 20.8; 20.9
20.2 MathA Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
+20 task
+10 young
+5 combo 10.6 “The familiar crest of Motan’s curve ,swirled thick with yellow and white, was barely visible over the Copper Hills.”
Task total: 35
Season total: 75
20.6 LiteratureMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
+20 Task (#183 on the list)
+20 Combo (10.5 - Christie; 10.6 - From the breast pocket he brought out a watch; 20.3 - Ag Silver, At Astatine, H Hydrogen, Ac Actinium; 20.8 - born 1890)
+5 Series (Poirot)
Task tota = 45
Season total = 125
15.3 ScrabbleMr. Nightingale's Diary: A Farce In One Act by Charles Dickens (104 pages)
Tile: O1 - Page Count 100-199 pages
Tile Count: 1 point
Task total: 15
Season total: 45
10.3 Thankful for FamilyHello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano (mentioned 53X on list)
+10 task
+ 5 combo 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader pg 225 "He had become oxygen that she needed to breathe."
+ 5 combo 20.1 Back to School - Taught fiction writing per Wiki
+ 5 combo 20.3 Chemistry aNn NAPOLItano N=Nitrogen, Na=Sodium, Po=Polonium, Li=Lithium
+ 5 combo 20.8 Fall authors - born 1971
Task total: 30
Season total: 75
20.3 ChemistryTelephone by Percival Everett
P ER civ AL eve RE tt
P-Phosphrus ER-Erbium AL-Aluminum RE-Rhenium
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.5-7 letters in EVERETT; 10.6-COBALT “It was nothing but red from rose to ruby, crimson, brick, blues from phthalo to cerulean, cobalt.” pg. 129; 20.1-Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California as noted on GR author page)
+ 5 Multiple
Task total=40
Season total=105
15.5 ScrabbleUnder the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
Tile: O6 - letter sequence 'ough', 'oo', 'oin' in any title word
Letter points: 1
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 245
15.6 ScrabbleStalking Ground (Timber Creek K-9 Mystery #2) by Margaret Mizushima
Tile: Z1: Author LAST name has a Z
Letter points: 10
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 260
15-2 Scrabble i2 Author is between 51 and 74 years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William....
On That Day: The Definitive Timeline of 9/11 by William M. Arkin
Post total 15
Season Total 55
20.10 - ZalphabeticalDeadly Connections by Renee Pawlish10.5 - Lucky Sevens
+20 task
+10 Combo (10.5 - Lucky Sevens; 20.3 - Chemistry - Re, Ne, Pa, W)
+5 series
Task total: 35
Grand total: 75
20.1 - Back to SchoolThe Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
+20 task - taught at Leith Academy
+5 Combo - 20.3 - Chemistry - O, Be, Ga, Br
+5 series
Task total: 30
Grand total: 105
20.3 - ChemistryDouble Negative (A Jefferson Shaw Novel) by Robert Gregory Browne
+20 task - Be, Re, Yb, Ne
+5 series
Task total: 25
Grand total: 130
10.4 Significant year 2003
Year I started my career
To the Ninesby Janet Evanovich
Task +10
Series +5 Stephanie Plum
Book total: 15
Grand total: 60
20.10 ZalphabeticalThe Long Call byAnn Cleeves
+20 task
+20 Combo [10.5 Cleeves, 10.6 Ross was a pacer and a shouter, a pumper of IRON, 20.7, 20.9 NN, EE]
+ 5 series Two Rivers
Post total = 45
Season total = 170
20.1 Back to SchoolMedgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America by Joy-Ann Reid
From the Wikipedia entry for Reid: “ Reid also teaches a Syracuse University class in Manhattan exploring race, gender, and the media”
+20 task
Season total: 95
10.10 Group readsSummer in Orcus by T. Kingfisher
+10 task
+15 Combo [10.5 pub’d 2017, 10.6 Summer’s hand hovered over a SILVER unicorn., 20.5 magic]
+ 10 young (born 1977)
Post total = 35
Season total = 205
15.7 ScrabbleDarkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter #1) by Jeff Lindsay
pub 2004
Tile: N1 - pub'd in the Naughts (00-09) any century
Letter points: 1
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 275
Task 20.5 Speech and Debate:Reading a book that either has MPG Science or one that features a supernatural element (ghosts, magic, etc.).
MPG of Magic
Features ghosts
Task 10.6: SILVER
p. 91: “It smelled of starch and SILVER polish and mothballs and candle wax.”
Task 20.1:
(from goodreads biography) Paula Brackston “is a Visiting Lecturer for the University of Wales, Newport.”
Task 20.3: CHEMISTRY
PAULA BRackston
91 Pa Protactinium
92 U Uranium
57 La Lanthanum
35 Br Bromine
The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish (Hecate Cavendish #1) (2024) by Paula Brackston
+20 Task
+15 Combo (#10.6, 20.1, 20.3)
Task Total: 20 + 15 = 35
Grand Total: 35 + 35 = 70
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Joanne wrote: " 10.6
Elementary My Dear Reader
The Descent of Monsters by Neon Yang
"We whispered about ponds, the width of lakes in whose depth swam gold and silver fish"
..."
Young = 10 points
+5 Series
Points for this post = 25
Total score up to this post = 40