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10.1 Exception to the RuleThe Great Outdoors by Catherine Meurisse
90 pages
+10 Task
No style, graphic novel
Task total = 10
Points total = 460
10.1 ; … ; … ; … ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; 10.7 ; 10.8 ; 10.9 ; …
15.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
20.1 ; … ; 20.3 ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; … ; 20.7 (x3) ; 20.8 ; 20.9 ; 20.10
20.3 ChemistryTell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
eLIzaBETH Strout
LI=Lithium BE=Beryllium TH=Thorium S=Sulfur
+20 Task
+15 Combo
10.6-SILVER-“And she had the strangest things on her feet, boots with long big silver zippers right up the front of them." pg. 10
20.1-msg 22 in task thread
20.10-Zalphabetical
+5 Multiple
+5 Series
Task total=45
Season total=350
10.8 - BAD Sydney Crime WritersLest We Forgive by Phillipa Nefri Clark
+10 task
+5 Combo 10.7 - Helicopters - Lest
+5 Combo 20.3 - Chemistry - Li, Pa, Ne, Cl
+5 repeat
+5 series
Task total: 30
Grand total: 595
20.3 - ChemistryDeep Woods by Helena Newbury
+20 task - He, Na, Ne, B
+5 Combo - 10.5 - 7 letter author name
+5 repeat
Task total: 30
Grand total: 625
Post 237 & 238Norma wrote: "20.9 - haLLowEEn
Make 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 rep..."
You've already claimed this series for Task 20.9 in Post 236, so no new series points for later posts for the same series and same task.
Post 290Norma wrote: "20.2 - Math
All 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
T..."
+5 Series
Post 292Connie wrote: "10.10 Group Read
The 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
Tas..."
+5 Combo 20.3
Post 295 -Tien wrote: "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 -..."
-5 Combo 10.5 --> 10.5 requires 7 words in the title/subtitle, or a 7-letter author last name, or a 7 in the end of the publication year
Post 297Ed wrote: "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..."
-5 Combo -- 10.8 can't be used for combos
Marie --You posted the three books from the Erika Johansen trilogy:
Post 22 - Task 20.7 +5 series
Post 41 - Task 20.5 +10 series
Post 108 - posted to Task 20.7 again -- you can't get series points again if you post to the same task. Would you like to move The Fate of the Tearling to 10.6 instead? Then you'd still get the +15 series points.
Post 175Norma wrote: "20.3 - Chemistry
Their Lost Souls by Roger Stelljes
+20 task - Og, Er, Te, Es
+5 Combo - 10.7 - Helicopters - Their
+5 Repeat
+5 Series
Task total: 35
Grand tot..."
-5 Series -- you already posted this series to Task 20.3 in Post 158. Would you like to move it to 10.7 and get +10 series points?
10.7 HelicoptersThe Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
+10 Task (Three)
+25 Combo:
--10.5 - pub. 1987,
--10.6 - "It looked like silver, but the reddish tint at the edge suggested it was really made of some baser metal.",
--20.1 - "In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine.",
--20.3 - S/Te/He/In,
--20.5 - The Gunslinger is a supernatural character
+5 Series (Dark Tower)
Task total: 40
Grand total: 230
20.2 MathHow to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps by Andrew Rowe
+20 Task (How/a/King)
+5 Combo (20.5 - demon)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 255
15.3 ScrabbleThe Jane Austen Book Club52]
O-double letters in the title
Task +15
R2,I6,O6
Scrabble points 14
Grand total: 125
20.1 Back to School I read Bicycles by Nikki Giovanni. The Wikipedia article on Giovanni states: “From 1987 to 2022, she taught writing and literature at Virginia Tech.”Points This Post: 20
Season Total: 70
20.2 Math I read A Flaw in the Blood by Stephanie Barron. A = 1 letter
In = 2 letters
Flow = 4 letters
Points This Post: 20
Season So Far: 90
10.9 Keep it Short!Come Back, Dr. Caligari by Donald Barthelme
10 task
10 combo 20.1, 20.3 (O, Na, Ba, He)
_____
20
Running total: 370
20.9 haLLowEEnRock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
20 task
10 young
10 combo 10.6 (Cu, Sn, Pb - all chapter headings), 20.3 Al, Ce, Fe, Ne
_______
40
Running total: 410
20.3 ChemistryEverybody Always Tells by E.R. Punshon
+20 Task (Er, Pu, S Sulfur, Ho)
+10 Combo (10.5, 10.6 - Thirdly, there was the great central stairway, all gilt and gold and marble.
+ 5 Multiple (first posted at #195)
+ 5 Series
Task total = 40
Season total = 435
20.8 Fall AuthorsThe Chosen by Chaim Potok
For 10.6, page 25: "Stop giving it to them on a silver platter and they won't hit it like that."
+20 task (author born 1929)
+ 5 combo 10.5 Lucky Sevens (pub 1967)
+ 5 combo 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader - Silver
+ 5 combo 20.1 Back to School - per GR profile, author was on faculty of the Teachers' Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary
Task total: 35
Season total: 295
Joanna wrote: "Marie --You posted the three books from the Erika Johansen trilogy:
Post 22 - Task 20.7 +5 series
Post 41 - Task 20.5 +10 series
Post 108 - posted to Task 20.7 again -- you can't get series point..."
Ah i had forgotten about this rule - yes please, thanks !
Task 20.2 Math:Read a book whose title (not including subtitles) contains a three-letter word, a single-letter word, and a four-letter word. Other words are allowed and the designated words need not be in order in the title.
1 = I
3 = Eat
4 = Want
Combos:
20.3 - Chemistry:
SE-HEe BAeK
34 Se Selenium
2 He Helium
56 Ba Barium
19 K Potassium
20.8 Fall Authors (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s task):
Read any book whose author was born in a year ending in 9, 0, or 1.
Goodreads Bio says: Born: 1990
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.
EE = se-hEE
KK = tteokboKKi
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: Conversations with My Psychiatrist (2018) by Baek Se-hee; translated from Korean by Anton Hur (Paperback 208 pages) [Dewey 616.89]
+20 Task
+15 Combos (#20.3, #20.8, #20.9)
Task Total: 20 + 15 = 35
Grand Total: 190 + 35 = 225
10.8 BAD Sydney Crime Writers FestivalThe Residue Years by Mitchell S. Jackson
+10 Task (new to me author, genre: crime)
+10 Combo (10.5 - 7 letters in Jackson; 20.1 - assoc. Prof. of writing at NYU)
Task total =20
Season total = 110
20.7 ArtThe Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
+20 Task (#2 in the Broken Earth trilogy)
+20 Combo (10.5 - 7 letters in Jemisin; 10.6 - “But when you turn to look at the iron shard, you’re confused, because all you see is smooth bronze skin streaked with blood and a scrap of familiar cloth.”; 20.5 - many supernatural elements including ability to move stone with the mind and creatures who eat stone; 20.10 - TOG)
+5 Series
Task total =45
Season total = 155
15.1 ScrabbleThe Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green
Tile: A6 (author last name has no A)
Letter points: 1
Task total =15
Season total = 170
15.7 ScrabbleSigns Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera
Tile: T5= translated
(1 pt)
15 task
_____
15
Running total: 425
(second word complete = quit)
20.3 ChemistryDon't Go to Sleep in the Dark by Celia Fremlin
CE LI a FR emli N
CE=Cerium LI=Lithium FR=Francium N=Nitrogen
+20 Task
+25 Combo:
10.5-7 letters in Fremlin
10.6-LEAD-"But tonight, somehow, the bicycle might have been made of lead..." pg. 19
10.7- Helicopters- SLEEP
10.9-short stories
20.5-supernatural as mentioned in GR description "She explores her familiar theme of strained mother-child relations, but she also delves into the supernatural realm..."
+ 5 Multiple
Task total=50
Season total=400
20.10 ZalphabeticalThe Scholar by Dervla McTiernan
+20 task
+10 Combo [20.3 Er-La-Ti-Na, 20.7]
+10 series (previously used for 20.7)
+5 Multiple
Post total = 45
Season total = 1055
20.10 ZalphabeticalTell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
For 10.6, page 10: "And she had the strangest things on her feet, boots with long big silver zippers up the front of them."
+20 task
+ 5 combo 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (silver)
+ 5 combo 20.1 Back to School (GR profile - teaches at MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte)
+ 5 combo 20.3 Chemistry Li, Be, Th, S
+ 5 series
Task total: 40
Season total: 335
Joanna wrote: "Post 175Norma wrote: "20.3 - Chemistry
Their Lost Souls by Roger Stelljes
+20 task - Og, Er, Te, Es
+5 Combo - 10.7 - Helicopters - Their
+5 Repeat
+5 Series
T..."
Looks like I really messed up on the series bonus points, I will deduct all the errors on my next post.
Joanna wrote: "Post 175Norma wrote: "20.3 - Chemistry
Their Lost Souls by Roger Stelljes
+20 task - Og, Er, Te, Es
+5 Combo - 10.7 - Helicopters - Their
+5 Repeat
+5 Series
T..."
Just leave it here and I will deduct the 5 points on my next post.
10.4 - SignificantLessons in Evil by Melinda Woodhall
+10 task - 2022 - Moved back to Ontario - after COVID and cancer, family became very important
+5 Combo - 20.3 Chemistry - Li, Nd, W, Al
+5 Combo - 20.9 haLLowEEn - SS, OO
+5 Combo - 20.10 Zalphabetical
+5 repeat
+5 series
- 15 - error in posting points for series on post 175, 237, 238
+5 missed series points post 290
Task total: 25
Grand total: 650
10.9 Keep It ShortThe Long and Short of It by Jodi Taylor
Task Total 10
Combo (10.7, word is Short, 10.5, published 2017) 10
Task Total 20
Season Total 190
15.7 ScrabbleE-2 -Set in any European Country
Sharpe's Prey byBernard Cornwell
Set in Denmark
Task total 15
Season Total 205
15-8 ScrabbleA-2 Names starts with A
Red Country -by Joe Abercrombie
Points this task 15
Season Total 220
20.9 haLLowEEnAnnihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
For 10.6, page 174: ". . . a rare species of colossal starfish, six-armed, larger than a saucepan, that bled a dark gold color into the still water as if it were on fire."
+20 task
+ 5 combo 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (gold)
+ 5 combo 20.1 Back in School (Author teaches creative writing, see comment 32 in task thread)
+ 5 series
Task total: 35
Season total: 370
20.2 MathUnto Us a Son Is Given by Donna Leon
+20 Task (Unto, a, Son)
+10 Combo (10.6 - Patta was behind his desk, his silver hair freshly cut ...; 20.1 - see Msg 9 in the task thread)
+15 Series (POsts 62 and 239)
Task total = 45
Season total = 480
20.3 ChemistryA Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire
+20 task (Se-Na-N-Ir)
+15 Combo [10.5 McGuire,10.6 I had a single SILVER knife, 20.5 magic]
+10 series (previously used for 20.5)
+5 Multiple
+10 young (born 1978)
Post total = 60
Season total = 1115
Deedee wrote: "Post 323 :Task 20.2 Math:Read a book whose title (not including subtitles) contains a three-letter word, a single-letter word, and a four-letter word. Other words are allowed and the designated words need n..."
+10 young
Bucket wrote: "Posst 324: 10.8 BAD Sydney Crime Writers FestivalThe Residue Years by Mitchell S. Jackson
+10 Task (new to me author, genre: crime)
+10 Combo (10.5 - 7 letters in Jackson; ..."
+10 young
20.5 Speech and DebateRead a book with magic and ghosts in the story
The Bartered Bridesby Mercedes Lackey
Task +20
Combo +10 fall author, 20.3 Chemistry "was made of iron" p 115
+5 series
Grand total: 160
Joanne wrote: " 10.9 Keep It ShortThe Long and Short of It by Jodi Taylor
Task Total 10
Combo (10.7, word is Short, 10.5, published 2017) 10
Task Total 20
Season Total 190"
+5 series
15.6 ScrabbleT1 - Thrillers or MPG Thriller
Sister by Rosamund Lupton
F R _ S _
_ _ ILT
Post Total= 15
Season Total = 780
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5 (x2); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10 (x2)
20.5 Speech and Debate:Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune
+20 task
+10 young
+5 multiple
= 5 combo (10.6 - "On the front of the cap, in gold yarn, in the shape of an anchor." )
Post Total= 40
Season Total = 820
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10 (x2)
20.4 Home Economics:Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
(Totally crushing on Stanley Tucci right now after this!)
+20 task
+10 comb (10.6 - "The pizza oven is self explanatory, but the paella maker consists of a huge iron pan that rests atop a round stand ..."; 20.8)
Post Total= 30
Season Total = 850
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5;10.6 (x2); ...; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10 (x2)
10.5 Lucky Sevens (Rosemary's task):And the Rest Is History by Jodi Taylor
Published 2017
+10 task
+10 series
+5 multiple
+10 combo (10.6 "Everything was in crimson and gold to match William."; 10.7 - REST)
Post Total= 35
Season Total = 885
10.1; ...; ...; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x2); ....; 10.8 (x2); ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10 (x2)
10.7 - Helicopter Season (Coralie's task):Lies, Damned Lies, and History by Jodi Taylor
LIES
+10 task
+15 series
+5 combo (10.6 " ... was a rather dull iron sword whose provenance could never be proved...
Post Total= 30
Season Total = 915
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
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10 (x2)
20.10 Zalphabetical (Joanna's task):The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer
+20 task
+5 multiple
+15 combo (10.6 "... sent up coupons for silver-plated teaspoons or entered competitions for winning ponies ...:; 10.7 - EATER; 20.3 PeNelope MoTimer - Phosporous, Neon, Molybderum, Titanium)
Post Total= 40
Season Total = 955
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
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10 (x2)
15.7 ScrabbleH1 - Harlem Renaissance - any book by one of these
Quicksand by Nella Larsen
F R _ S H
_ _ ILT
Post Total= 15
Season Total = 970
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
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x3); 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x5); 20.9; 20.10 (x2)
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The Hidden Life of Trees: A Graphic Adaptation by Peter Wohlleben
H E LICOP TERS => Trees
+10 Task
No style, graphic novel
Task total = 10
Points total = 450
… ; … ; … ; … ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; 10.7 ; 10.8 ; 10.9 ; …
15.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
20.1 ; … ; 20.3 ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; … ; 20.7 (x3) ; 20.8 ; 20.9 ; 20.10