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20.10 ZalphabeticalThe Saint-Fiacre Affair by Georges Simenon
+20 Task (both TSA and TS-FA!)
+15 Combo (10.5, 10.6 - The house with the gate with gold arrows, on the Matignon road …’; 20.3 - O, Rg, Es, Si)
+ 5 Multiple (first for this task at post #35)
+ 5 Series (Maigret)
Task total - 45
Season total = 285
10.6 Elementary My Dear ReaderThe Darling Buds of May by H.E. Bates
10 pts 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader IRON “Pop drew the truck to a standstill in a dusty yard of nettles, old oil drums, corrugated pig-sties, and piles of rusty iron in which a line of white ducks, three grey goats, and a second batch of red-brown hens set up a concerted, trembling fuss of heads and wings, as if delighted.”
5 pts 20.3 Chemistry He Helium, B Boron, At Astatine, Es Einsteinium
5 pts Series Pop Larkin Chronicles #1
Task Total: 20 pts
Correction post #184 5 pts
Season total =205 pts
Post 203
… … … … … 10.6 … … … …
20.1 … … 20.4 20.5 … … 20.8 … …
15.1 (L) 15.2 (U) … … … … … … … …
10.8 - BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival (Tien's task):The Fog by Brooke Hardwick
+10 Task
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 630
10.5 Lucky Sevens (Rosemary's task):7 letters in the author’s last name
The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi
+10 task
+10 young
+10 combo (10.6 - " .. all decked out for Christmas. Green, red, gold and silver;"; 20.3 SaNaka H>\, Sulfur, Sodium, Iridium, Silver)
Post Total= 30
Season Total = 450
10.1; ...; ...; ...; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3;
20.1; ...; 20.3; ...; 20.5; 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x3); 20.9
15.4 ScrabbleI3 - page count 300-399
After the Funeral by Agatha Christie
F R _ _ _
_ _ _IL _
Post Total= 15
Season Total = 465
10.1; ...; ...; ...; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1; ...; 20.3; ...; 20.5; 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x3); 20.9
15.5 ScrabbleS4 - Science Fiction or MPG Science Fiction
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? by Jodi Taylor
Post Total= 15
Season Total = 480
10.1; ...; ...; ...; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5;
20.1; ...; 20.3; ...; 20.5; 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x3); 20.9
20.8 Fall Authors (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s task):Maggie the Mechanic by Jaime Hernández
Born 1959
No styles, graphic novel
Post Total= 20
Season Total = 500
10.1; ...; ...; ...; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5;
20.1; ...; 20.3; ...; 20.5; 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x4); 20.9
20.8 Fall Authors (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s task):A Question of Guilt by Jørn Lier Horst
+20 task
+5 multiple
+5 series
+5 combo (20.3 - JoRn LiEr Horst,Radon, Lithium, Holmium, Erbium)
Post Total= 35
Season Total = 535
10.1; ...; ...; ...; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5;
20.1; ...; 20.3; ...; 20.5; 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9
20.10 Zalphabetical (Joanna's task):We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
+20 task
+10 combo (10.6 - "She's in an oxygen tent."; 20.8)
Post Total= 30
Season Total = 565
10.1; ...; ...; ...; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5;
20.1; ...; 20.3; ...; 20.5; 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10
20.5 Speech and Debate:The Masquerades of Spring by Ben Aaronovitch
Magic and the Fae
+20
+5 series
+5 multiple
+10 combo (10.6 - "Tin Pan Alley to Lenox Avenue", Lucy murmured; 20.3 BeN aAroNovitch - Beryllium, Sodium, Argon, Nobelium)
Post Total= 40
Season Total = 605
10.1; ...; ...; ...; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5;
20.1; ...; 20.3; ...; 20.5 (x2); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10
20.3 ChemistryBy horror haunted;: Stories by Celia Fremlin
CE LI a FR emli N
CE=Cerium LI=Lithium FR=Francium N=Nitrogen
+20 Task
+20 Combo:
10.5-7 letters in Fremlin
10.6-GOLD-"...I watched, enchanted, while first one tiny speck of gold and then another glimmered on the charred wood." pg. 35
10.9-short stories
20.5-ghosts and supernatural are key in over half the stories
+ 5 Multiple
Task total=45
Season total=200
15.5 Scrabble - Round 2The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable
Tile: E2 - set in any European country (set 100% Venice)
Letter points: 1
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 645
10.2 Gothic Fiction:A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood #1) by S.T. Gibson
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.6 - "'The only gold I had ever seen was the gleaming chalice the priest produced form his sack when he traveled from a nearby larger city to administer communion twice a year." p28; 20.5 - vampire)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 665
Task 15.3 ScrabbleGrave Expectations (Grave Expectations #1) (2023) by Alice Bell
Tile: X1 - Exes! - Title word begins with "Ex"
Letter Points: 8
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Grand Total: 140 + 15 = 155
20.4 Home EconomicsPomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran
+20 Task (a recipe with each chapter)
+15 Combo
-10.6 "...etched COPPER and brass trays..." (p. 20)
-20.3 Ar - Am - Ra - N
-20.5 MPG Magical realism
+10 Young (died age 37)
Task Total: 45
Season Total: 130+45=175
10.6 Elementary My Dear ReaderLess Than a Treason by Dana Stabenow
+10 task (the proportion of GOLD to COPPER which commonly occurred together but not with MOLYBDENUM)
+15 Combo [10.5 published 2017, 20.3 Na-Ta-Be-No, 20.8 born 1961]
+5 series (Kate Shugak)
Post total = 30
Season total = 585
15.6 ScrabbleE-11 Set in a Country that begins with E
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Set in the English Countryside
Points this task 15
Season Total 170
15.5 ScrabbleThe Excellent Lombards by Jane Hamilton
Tile Letter: X1 - Title word begins with "ex"
Tile Points: 8
Task total: 15
Season total: 210
10.8 - BAD Sydney Crime Writers FestivalBruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker
+10 task
+5 combo 10.7 helicopters POLICE
+5 combo 20.4 instructions on how to prepare fried potatoes
+5 combo 10.6 “In Pamela’s large living room the walls were glowing gold”
+5 combo 20.3 mAR TI N wAL ker
Task total: 30
Season total: 160
20.9 haLLowEEnThe Heron's Cry by Ann Cleeves
+20 task (aNN clEEves)
+20 Combo [10.5 Cleeves, 10.6 picked up a SILVER earring shaped like a fish, 20.7, 20.10]
+10 series (previously used for 20.10)
Post total = 50
Season total = 635
15.5 ScrabbleUntethered Sky by Fonda Lee
Tile: U2 title includes UNT
Letter points: 1
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Post total: 15
Season total = 650
15.5 ScrabbleThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror by Robert Louis Stevenson
Tile: U4= Unreliable Narrator (book is on pg 6 of list)
(1 pt)
15 task
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15
Running total: 265
10.4 Significant YearFractured by Karin Slaughter
+10 Task, pub. 2008, I bought my first house
+10 Combo: 20.3, K (potassium) Ar (argon) In (Indium) Au (gold); 20.8, b. 1971
+5 Series
Task total: 25
Season total: 80
20.4 Home EconomicsRecipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev
+20 Task, recipe for churros is given step by step (with measurements)
+10 Combo: 10.6, "His arms fell like lead to his sides; 10.7, "recipe" = hElICoPtER
+5 Series
Task total: 35
Season total: 115
20.8 Fall AuthorsUndone by Karin Slaughter
+20 Task, b. 1971
+5 Combo: 20.3, K (potassium) Ar (argon) In (Indium) Au (gold)
+10 Series
Task total: 35
Season total: 150
10.5 Lucky 7sThe Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
+10 Task: 7-letter last name
+5 Combo: 10.6, "When Howard Carter found the mummy of Tutankhamen and attempted to lift it out, he didn't realize the innermost coffin was solid gold and the entire operation nearly collapsed."
Task total: 15
Season total: 165
10.7 Helicopter SeasonHere One Moment by Liane Moriarty
+10 Task, here = HElicoptER
+5 Combo: 20.3, Li (lithium) Ne (neon) O (oxygen) Ar (argon)
+5 Jumbo, 512 pages
Task total: 20
Season total: 185
20.8 Fall AuthorsCadenza by Stella Riley
+20 task (born 1950)
+10 Combo [10.6 Toying absently with a SILVER snuff-box, 20.1]
+5 Multiple
+5 series (Rockliffe)
Post total = 40
Season total = 690
20.3 ChemistryWhy We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
mAT TH eW wAL ker
AT=Astatine TH=Thorium W=Tungsten AL=Aluminium
+20 Task
+30 Combo:
10.5-7 first pub. 2017
10.6-OXYGEN-"...some cancer cells will lure inflammatory factors into the tumor mass to help initiate the growth of blood vessels that feed it with more nutrients and oxygen." at 52%
10.7-Helicopters- SLEEP
20.1-British scientist and professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, per GR author page
20.5-MPG Science
20.9-ee in Sleep, tt in Matthew
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Young-born 1974 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Task total=65
Season total=265
15.3 ScrabbleThe Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides
15 pts 15.3 Scrabble I2 - Inbetween: author's age is 51-74 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton...
Task Total: 15 pts
Season total =220 pts
Post 231
… … … … … 10.6 … … … …
20.1 … … 20.4 20.5 … … 20.8 … …
15.1 (L) 15.2 (U) 15.3 (I) … … … … … … …
20.3 ChemistryLove Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill
+20 task (Co-Li-N-Te)
+15 Combo [10.6 the cabin lights reflected SILVER off the CARBON letters, 20.1, 20.5 supernatural]
+10 series (previously used for 20.1)
+5 Multiple
Post total = 50
Season total = 740
20.10 ZalphabeticalShades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.6 - "the copper spike had merely nicked my side" ; 20.5 - pookas & imaginary beasts ; 20.7 - as listed in Goodreads series page : https://www.goodreads.com/series/5155... ; 20.8 - 1961 according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_...)
+5 Series
Task total = 45
Points total = 395
… ; … ; … ; … ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; … ; 10.8 ; 10.9 ; …
15.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
20.1 ; … ; 20.3 ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; … ; 20.7 (x2) ; 20.8 ; 20.9 ; 20.10
20.3 Chemistry:Dangerous Ground (Fiona Carver #1) by Rachel Grant
Ac - Actinium
He - Helium
Ra - Radium
N - Nitrogen
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 685
20.10 - ZalphabeticalSteal Her Breath: A Detective Nessa Ainsley Novella by Melinda Woodhall
+20 task
+5 Combo - 20.3 - Li, Nd, W, Al
+5 Combo - 20.9 - Melinda wOOdhaLL
+5 repeat
+5 series
Task total: 40
Grand total: 325
20.9 - haLLowEEnTake Her Life: A Detective Nessa Ainsley Novella by Melinda Woodhall
+20 task - Melinda wOOdhaLL
+5 Combo - 20.3 - Li, Nd, W, Al
+10 series
Task total: 35
Grand total: 360
20.9 - haLLowEEnMake Her Pay: A Detective Nessa Ainsley Novella by Melinda Woodhall
+20 task - Melinda wOOdhaLL
+5 Combo - 20.3 - Li, Nd, W, Al
+5 series
+5 repeat
Task total: 35
Grand total: 395
20.9 - haLLowEEnBreak Her Heart: A Detective Nessa Ainsley Novella by Melinda Woodhall
+20 task - Melinda wOOdhaLL
+5 Combo - 20.3 - Li, Nd, W, Al
+5 series
+5 repeat
Task total: 35
Grand total: 430
10.4 Significant YearAbout Face by Donna Leon
+10 Task: 2009 - the year I joined Goodreads
+10 Combo (10.6 - Next thing you know, the servants will be eating at the high table, and then the silver will start to disappear.; 20.1 - See Msg 9 in the task thread.)
+10 Series (Commissario Brunetti, first posted in 20.10 Post #62)
Task total = 30
Season total = 315
15.2 ScrabbleStarter Villain by John Scalzi
Z1 - auth last name has a Z
Task total: 15
Grand total: 175
15.3 ScrabbleThe Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
J1 - Jumbo
Task total: 15
Grand total: 190
Post 200:Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "Jayme(theghostreader)
10.8 Elementary my dear Watson
The Cat of the Baskervillesby Vicki Delany
She wore short white shorts with a tight blur top with silver sparkles. p 20
Task +10
Female author-5
Grand total : 95"
Female isn't a style this time, but I think you meant to combo with 10.6, so that's how I scored it. I have your total as 110 as of Post 200.
Post 18010.1 Exception to the Rule
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (64 pages) The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe (36 pages)
+10 Task (100 pages)
+25 Combo*
-10.2 Raven is #17 and Fall is #30
-20.3 Ar - Al - La - N
-20.5 supernatural elements
-20.6 #96 The complete stories and poems.
-20.8 born 1809
+10 Young (died age 40)
*claiming only tasks that applied to *both* selections."
Sorry, this is a short story and a poem together. These work to combine for 10.1, but they wouldn't fit the other tasks.
-25 combo
(they do qualify for Young points).
20.10 Zalphabetical (Joanna's task):Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.6 - "A gold watch hung from chain tucked in his vest pocket, and over his shoulders spread a camel-colored topcoat with a thick gray fur collar." p78; 20.3 - Re - Rhenium, Be - Beryllium, C - Calcium, Ca - Carbon; 20.5 - ghosts/superpower/magic)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 720
20.10 - ZalphabeticalThe Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
+20 task
+5 Combo 20.1 - Back to School - taught at Leith Academy
+5 Combo 20.3 - Chemistry - O, Be, Ga, Br
+5 repeat
+10 series
Task total: 45
Grand total: 475
20.8 Fall AuthorsDeath at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson
20 task (b. 1951)
5 series
15 combo 10.5, 10.6 ( pg 17 '…and clambered out of that "fancy gold" frame…"), 20.3 ( K, Te, At, In)
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40
Running total: 305
10.1 Exception to the RuleAs It Was by H.T. (Helen Thomas)
Combos:
10.6: "the beautiful signet ring which he wore--a red stone set in a very delicately designed gold setting."
+10 Task (116 pages)
+ 5 Combo
Post total = 15
Season total = 180
10.6 Elementary My Dear ReaderStories of the Raksura, Volume 2: The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below by Martha Wells
+10 Task "Gold flashed among the deep green ferns as Pearl stepped out of the undergrowth."
+ 5 Combo (10.9 the book contains 5 stories)
+10 Series (this series previously claimed for 10.9 in post 198)
Post total = 25
Season total = 205
20.3 ChemistryThe Foundlings by Nathan Dylan Goodwin
Combos:
10.5: author's last name has 7 letters
10.6: "On the side was a small, faded gold label"
20.1: as posted on task thread and previously claimed
+20 Task (Na Th Nd N)
+15 Combo
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Series (this series claimed for 20.1 in post 153)
+10 Young (as previously claimed)
Post total = 60
Season total = 265
20.5 Speech and DebateBreak In by Dick Francis
Supernatural: the main character and two others are telepathic
Combos
10.5: author's last name has 7 letters
10.6: "The Cresta Run is a gold medal or the fright of a lifetime, not a career."
20.8: born 1920
+20 Task
+15 Combo
Post total = 35
Season total = 300
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The Singapore Grip by J.G. Farrell
20 task
10 young
5 series
5 jumbo
10 combo 20.1, 10.6 (pg 47 on kindle: '...could just top that huge reservoir of silver which...')
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50
Running total: 250