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15.6 ScrabbleAnam by Andre Dao
Tile: D2 debut novel
Letter points: 2
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Post total: 15
Season total = 755
20.3 ChemistryThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
20 pts 20.3 Chemistry K Potassium Al Aluminium Ne Neon Br Bromine
5 pts 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader IRON “I kicked the box of iron rations into my room so I could grab my gun.”
5 pts 10.5 Lucky Sevens Author’s Last Name
10 pts Young
Task Total: 40 pts
Season total =260 pts
Post 253
… … … … … 10.6 … … … …
20.1 … 20.3 20.4 20.5 … … 20.8 … …
15.1 (L) 15.2 (U) 15.3 (I) … … … … … … …
20.5 Speech and DebateA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
+20 Task (three major ghosts)
+15 Combo:10.2 (#43 on list), 10.5 (7 letters in Dickens), 10.6 "Alas for Tiny Tim, he bore a little crutch, and had his limbs supported by an IRON frame." (Stave III)
Task total: 35
Season total: 150+35=185
20.3 ChemistryWalk Me to the Distance 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-TIN- “It was like rain banging against the tin roof of the barn, the way matters were rushing down on David’s head." at 77%
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=305
10.4 Significant YearA Breath of French Air by H.E. Bates
10 pts 10.4 Significant Year 1959 Parents married
5 pts 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader IRON “Charcoal was smoking away slowly under an iron grid built above bricks.”
5 pts 20.3 Chemistry He Helium B Boron At Astatine Es Einsteinium
10 pts Series Pop Larkin Chronicles #2
Task Total: 30 pts
Season total =290 pts
Post 256
… … … 10.4 … 10.6 … … … …
20.1 … 20.3 20.4 20.5 … … 20.8 … …
15.1 (L) 15.2 (U) 15.3 (I) … … … … … … …
10.10 Group Reads:Anika - Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
+10 task
+10 young
+10 combo (10.6 - Mom would win the gold and then give it to the silver medalist because she was afraid they would feel bad for losing.; 20.5 - witch and sorcerors)
Post Total= 30
Season Total = 635
10.1; ...; ...; ...; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
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
20.2 Math:You Don't Have to Have a Dream: And Other Life Lessons by Tim Minchin
+20 task
+10 young (1975)
+5 comb (10.5 - Minchin)
Post Total= 35
Season Total = 670
10.1; ...; ...; ...; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; ...; 20.5 (x2); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10
10.4 - Significant Year (Karen Michele's task):Ghost Cities by Siang Lu
2024, 25 years of marriage, who would have expected that?! ( Not us!
+10 task
+10 young (no age, but In 2023 Siang was named one of the Top 40 Under 40 Asian-Australians at the Asian Australian Leadership Awards. https://www.siang-lu.com/about)
+5 combo (10.6 - When he carted the gold back to the treasury to be rid of it once and for all, ...)
Post Total= 25
Season Total = 695
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; ...; 20.5 (x2); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10
20.4 Home Economics:Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts by Anthony Bourdain
graphic novel, includes 6 recipes related to the stories told including ramen and osso bucco with saffron rice
graphic novel, no styles
Post Total= 20
Season Total = 715
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5 (x2); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10
20.10 Zalphabetical (Joanna's task):The Night Man by Jørn Lier Horst
+20 task
+5 multiple
+10 series
+15 combo (10.6 - "Death happens as a consequence of a tremendous drop in blood pressure and total lack of oxygen supply to the brain."; 20.3 - JoRn LiEr Horst,Radon, Lithium, Holmium, Erbium; 20.8 - 1970)
Post Total= 50
Season Total = 765
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5 (x2); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10 (x2)
15.6 Scrabble - Round 2Red Queen by Juan Gómez-Jurado
Tile: Q1 - Title word begins with Q
Letter points: 10
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 735
10.2 Gothic FictionThe Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
+10 Task:
+15 Combo: 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (Iron - Iron to match the doors.) / 20.3 Chemistry (isaBEl CANAS = Be, Beryllium; Ca, Calcium; Na, Sodium; S, Sulfur) / 20.5 Speech and Debate (witch and supernatural events)
+10 Young
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 340
10.5 Lucky SevensBright by Duanwad Pimwana
+10 Task Pimwana
+ 5 Combo: 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (There were even gold and silver fish for sale. 25% Kindle)
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 355
15.3 ScrabbleBlackouts by Justin Torres
Tile: Y2 - Young - author aged 50 or younger (born 1980)
Letter points: 4
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season Total: 370
15.4 ScrabbleThe Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
Tile: P1 - Pseudonymous author (pseudonym for Daniel Mallory)
Letter points: 3
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season Total: 385
15.5 ScrabbleNo Thanks by E.E. Cummings
Tile: O1 Page Count 100 - 199 (110p)
Letter points: 1
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season Total: 400
20.3 ChemistryThe Singing of the Dead by Dana Stabenow
+20 Task: daNA STABEnow= Na, Sodium; S, Sulphur; Ta, Tantalum; Be, Beryllium
+10 Combo: 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (gold - All the gold spilled on the floor this night, 1%) / 20.8 Fall Authors (Author born 1961)
+ 5 Multiple
+ 5 Series
Task total = 40
Season Total: 440
15.6 ScrabbleThe Summer House by Marcia Willett
Tile: I9= author with i in name
(1 pt)
15 task
_____
15
Running total: 320
20.3 ChemistryNo Fixed Line by Dana Stabenow
+20 task (Na-Ta-Be-No)
+10 Combo [10.6 it was a landscape of dull white, LEAD, and slate, 20.8 born 1961]
+10 series (previously used for 20.8)
+5 Multiple
Post total = 45
Season total = 800
15.2 scrabbleI6 first person narrative
Eleven on Topby Janet Evanovich
Task +15
Grand total: 110
R2,I6
Scrabble points 2
20.7 ArtShip of Smoke and Steel by Django Wexler
+20 task
+20 Combo [10.6 with asymmetric SILVER bands around her arms, 10.7 ship & steel, 20.5 magic, 20.8 born 1981]
+5 series
+5 Multiple
+10 young
Post total = 60
Season total = 860
15.7 Scrabble - Round 2We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida
Tile: T5 - Translated from another language into your own
Letter points: 1
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 750
15.8 Scrabble - Round 2Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger
Tile: C2 - Classics or MPG Classics
Letter points: 3
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 765
15.6 ScrabbleThe Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
Tile: Z1 - Author's last name has a Z.
Letter points: 10 points
Task total: 15
Season total: 225
20.3 ChemistryThe Comforts of a Muddy Saturday by Alexander McCall Smith
20 task = Al, Er, Ca, I
5 series
5 combo 20.1 (see GR profile)
_______
30
Running total: 350
20.9 - haLLowEEn (Anika's task):The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.6 - "They contain coins and notes of Polish zloty, loose diamonds, rubies and sapphires, gold and silver rings emblazoned with precious stones." p78; 20.3 - He - Helium, At - Astatine, Th - Thorium, Er - Erbium)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 795
20.9 - haLLowEEnThe Boyfriend Loophole by Danielle Stewart
+20 task - OO, LL
+5 Combo - 10.5 - Lucky Seven- Stewart
+5 Combo - 20.3 - Chemistry - Ni, Es, Te, Ar
+5 series
+5 repeat
Task total: 40
Grand total: 515
10.4 - SignificantThe Rule of Threes by Jeffery Deaver
+10 task - 2024 - 50th wedding anniversary
+5 Combo - 20.8 - Fall Authors - born 1950
+5 Combo - 20.9 - haLLowEEn - EE, FF
Task total: 20
Grand total: 535
Norma wrote: "10.4 - SignificantThe Rule of Threes by Jeffery Deaver
+10 task - 2024 - 50th wedding anniversary
+5 Combo - 20.8 - Fall Authors - born 1950
+5 Combo - 20.9 - haLL..."
This also works for 10.7
HElicopTERS - THREES
20.3 ChemistryLost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
+20 Task: Ar, Th, H, Al
+10 Combo (10.6 - It was too heavy with water for me to carry by the silver handles.; 10.7 - Lost
+ 5 Multiple (Previous post for this task at #195)
+ 5 Series
Task total = 40
Season total = 355
15.7 ScrabbleCharles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World by Simon Callow
Tile: E2 - Set in any European Country (UK)
Letter points: 1 point
Task total: 15
Season total: 240
20.3 ChemistryWhen the Green Woods Laugh by H.E. Bates
20 pts 20.3 Chemistry He Helium B Boron At Astatine Es Einsteinium
5 pts Elementary My Dear Reader. GOLD “ In the pool, in an evening growing more and more embalmed every moment, the air a pure light gold, Pop was enjoying himself by giving imitations of a porpoise or riding little Oscar on his shoulder.”
5 pts Multiple
15 pts Series Pop Larkin Chronicles #3
Task Total: 45pts
Season total =335 pts
Post 283
… … … 10.4 … 10.6 … … … …
20.1 … 20.3 20.4 20.5 … … 20.8 … …
15.1 (L) 15.2 (U) 15.3 (I) … … … … … … …
Post 220 Bruno, Chief of Police should be +5 for first post of a book in the Bruno Chief of Police series. That makes my season total 165.
10.6 ElementaryA Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
+10 task “Its silver scales gleamed in the daylight.”
+10 young
Task total: 20
Season total: 185
Kathleen (itpdx) wrote: "10.6 ElementaryA Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
+10 task “Its silver scales gleamed in the daylight.”
+10 young
Task total: 20
Season total: 185"
This also qualifies for 20.3:
Be, C, Am, Er
15.2 ScrabbleHow to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
+15 Task, I2: Inbetween, authors age 51-74--Pooley is 54
Task total: 15
Season total: 235
10.1 ShortOh! to be in England by H.E. Bates
10 pts 10.1 Short 128 pages
5 pts 20.3 Chemistry He Helium B Boron At Astatine Es Einsteinium
5 pts Elementary My Dear Reader. GOLD “ Best suit, rolled umbrella, gold watch-chain and bowler hat. Looked ready to defend the Right and the Faith and all that.”
20 pts Series Pop Larkin Chronicles #4
Task Total: 40 pts
Season total =375 pts
Post 288
10.1 … … 10.4 … 10.6 … … … …
20.1 … 20.3 20.4 20.5 … … 20.8 … …
15.1 (L) 15.2 (U) 15.3 (I) … … … … … … …
20.4 Home EconomicsAn Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten
+20 Task (recipes for Gingerbread Cookies included)
+20 Combo (10.5, 10.6 - They placed the two big silver candelabra on the kitchen table., 10.9, 20.3 - H, Ne, U, Te
Task total = 40
Season total = 395
20.2 - MathAll In: Betting on a Full House by Lane Hart
+20 task - A, All, Full
+5 Combo - 10.5 - Lucky Seven - seven letter title
+5 missed combo on post 279
Task total: 30
Grand total: 565
20.7 ArtGarden, Ashes by Danilo Kiš
Combos
10.6: "traces of its former splendor were still present in flaky patches of nickel that looked like tin foil pressed out under the fingernails." p3
20.1: As posted in task thread, "He then took up a position as a lector at the University of Strasbourg"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danilo_...
+20 Task
+10 Combo
+ 5 Series
Post total = 35
Season total = 335
10.10 Group ReadThe Night Swim by Megan Goldin
For 10.6 Page 118: "Greg held up one of his gold medals."
+10 task
+ 5 combo 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader
Task total: 15
Season total: 255
20.5 Speech and DebateSlash and Burn by Colin Cotterill
+20 task supernatural
+15 Combo [10.6 somebody has a whole mountain full of GOLD down there, 20.1, 20.3 Co-Li-N-Te]
+15 series (previously used for 20.1 & 20.3)
+5 Multiple
Post total = 55
Season total = 915
Task 20.9 - haLLowEEn:Find a book both a double consecutive consonant and double consecutive vowel in the author's name, title, or a combination of the two.
LL: aLLison
OO: brOOk
For Combos:
10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader
SILVER
p. 114: “’As long as you remember my color scheme is yellow, SILVER, and cornflower blue.’ Angela tilted her head as she studied me. ‘I think you’ll look terrif in blue.’”
20.3 Chemistry:
ALLISoN Brooks
13 Al - Aluminium
3 Li - Lithium
16 S - Sulfur
41 Nb - Niobium
20.5 Speech and Debate:
Reading a book that either has MPG Science or one that features a supernatural element (ghosts, magic, etc.).
One of the main characters in the novel is a ghost, Evelyn, who haunts the town’s library.
Buried in the Stacks (The Haunted Library Mysteries #3) (2019) by Allison Brook (Hardcover 313 pages)
+20 Task
+15 Combos (#10.6, #20.3, #20.5)
Task Total: 20 + 15 = 35
Grand Total: 155 + 35 = 190
20.4 Home Economics:Red Sauce Brown Sauce: A British Breakfast Odyssey by Felicity Cloake
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.5 - British; 20.3 - Fe - Iron, Li - Lithium, C - Carbon, Cl - Chlorine)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 825
10.5 Lucky Sevens (Rosemary's task):The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World by Jessica Nabongo
Task=10
Young=10
Task Total=20
Grand Total=20
Tasks Completed:
10.5
20.1 Back to School:Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
Author is a professor of anthropology at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Task=20
Combo= 10- (10.5 (1997); 10.8)
Series=5
Jumbo=5 (532p)
Task Total=40
Grand Total=60
Tasks Completed:
10.5
20.1
20.5 Speech and DebatePaladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher
+20 task supernatural
+10 Combo [10.6 he smelled of gingerbread and IRON, 10.10]
+5 series (Saint of Steel)
+10 young
+5 Multiple
Post total = 50
Season total = 965
20.1 Back to SchoolDarkness for Light by Emma Viskic
+20 task
+5 Combo [10.6 hit with IRON bars and bundled into unmarked vans]
+15 series (previously used for 10.8 & 10.5)
+5 Multiple
Post total = 45
Season total = 1010
20.7 ArtRed Side Story by Jasper Fforde
https://www.goodreads.com/series/5155...
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.6 "I have silicon-based ceramic bearings, and copper, aluminum, vanadium, iridium…" ; 20.8 - 1961 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_...)
+10 Series
+5 Multiple
Task total = 45
Points total = 440
… ; … ; … ; … ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; … ; 10.8 ; 10.9 ; …
15.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
20.1 ; … ; 20.3 ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; … ; 20.7 (x3) ; 20.8 ; 20.9 ; 20.10
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Broken by Karin Slaughter
+10 Task, "Right, it forms a chlorine gas."
+15 Series
+10 Combo: 20.3, K (potassium) Ar (argon) In (indium) Au (gold); 20.8, b. 1971
Task total: 35
Season total: 220