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10.4 Significant Year A Murderous Relation by Deanna Raybourn Published 2020
Significance: Pandemic shut down my life and the world in March 2020
Points this task 10
Season Total 240
10.7 HelicoptersInvisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism by George Monbiot
+10 task secret
+5 combo 10.5 Monbiot
+5 combo 20.3 GE O RG e MO nbiot germanium, oxygen, roentgenium, molybdenum
+5 combo 20.1 see 20.1 discussion
Task total: 25
Season total: 290
20.5 Speech and DebateOther Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.6 - Their hearts pump blood that is blue-green, using copper as the oxygen-carrying molecule instead of the iron which makes our blood red.; 10.7 - other; 20.1 - Msg 9 in the task thread; 20.3 - P, Te, Rg, Fr)
Task total = 40
Season total = 565
15.10 ScrabbleThe Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
Tile: = Z1 Author LAST name has a Z
(10 pts)
15 task
_____
15
words:
fey = 9
quit = 13
biz = 14
for total of 36 points
150 bonus
_______
165
Running total: 655
20.3 ChemistryNorthanger Abbey by Jane Austen
+20 Task Ne-Au-Te-N
+20 Combo: 10.2 (#55 on Gothic list), 10.5 (1817), 10.6 "...lamps, SILVER moulding..." (Chapter 7), 20.6 (#380 on Best list: Complete Novels; approved in task thread)
+10 Young
Task Total: 50
Season Total: 185+50=235
20.3 ChemistryFallen by Karin Slaughter
+20 Task, K (potassium), Ar (Argon), In (indium), Au (gold)
+10 Combo: 10.6, "...gold wall-to-wall shag carpet was flattened to the floor"; 20.8, b. 1971
+20 Series (10.4, 10.6, and 20.8 previously claimed in this series)
Task total: 50
Season total: 320
20.9 haLLowEEnThe Village Healer’s Book of Cures by Jennifer Sherman Roberts
+20 Task, viLLage bOOk
+25 Combo: 10.5: "Roberts"=7 letters; 10.6, "...they labored to understand the laws governing matter itself, the chemical properties of the lead and the salts and iron they handled"; 20.1, from her LinkedIn page: "Adjunct Instructor at Southern Oregon University from Jan 2019-June 2020"; 20.3: Ni (nickel) Fe (iron) O (oxygen) Be (beryllium); 20.4, every chapter opens with a different recipe, complete with amounts and preparation directions
Task total: 45
Season total: 365
15.3 ScrabbleThe Lost Village by Camilla Sten
+15, U1, pub'd in '10s of any century: pub. 2019
Task total: 15
Season total: 380
20.6 LiteratureStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Combos:
10.6: "And you might try crossing her palm with silver in convincing denominations."
20.3: Be Ta In N
+20 Task (284 on the list)
+10 Combo
+ 5 Jumbo
Post total = 35
Season total = 425
Task 15.4 ScrabbleThe Reader on the 6.27 (2014) by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent; translated from French by Ros Schwartz
Tile: I2 - Inbetween: author's age is 51-74
Goodread Biography states that Jean-Paul Didierlaurent was born in 1962. It is now 2024. 2024 – 1962 = 62, so the author’s age is
51 < 62 < 74
Letter Points: 1
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Grand Total: 320 + 15 = 335
20.6 LiteratureThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#129
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.2 - #61 ; 10.6 - "the reliefs on the oak door and the aluminium doorknobs” ; 20.3 - Ca rl Os Ru I z Zafon : Ca = Calcium ; Os = Osmium ; Ru = Ruthenium ; I = Iodine)
+5 Series
Task total = 40
Points total = 530
10.1 ; … ; … ; … ; 10.5 ; 10.6 (x2) ; 10.7 ; 10.8 ; 10.9 ; …
15.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
20.1 ; … ; 20.3 ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; 20.6 ; 20.7 (x2) ; 20.8 (x3) ; 20.9 ; 20.10
20.5 Speech and DebateBâtardes de Zeus by Agnès Maupré
Supernatural: this is the story of Zeus' illegitimate daughters, and their travel to the Olympus ; several gods and demi-gods are encountered, and legends told
+20 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 20
Points total = 550
10.1 ; … ; … ; … ; 10.5 ; 10.6 (x2) ; 10.7 ; 10.8 ; 10.9 ; …
15.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
20.1 ; … ; 20.3 ; 20.4 ; 20.5 (x2) ; 20.6 ; 20.7 (x2) ; 20.8 (x3) ; 20.9 ; 20.10
20.4 Home EconomicsHimawari House by Harmony Becker
At one point during the story, there's a recipe of a korean dish
+20 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 20
Points total = 570
10.1 ; … ; … ; … ; 10.5 ; 10.6 (x2) ; 10.7 ; 10.8 ; 10.9 ; …
15.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
20.1 ; … ; 20.3 ; 20.4 (x2) ; 20.5 (x2) ; 20.6 ; 20.7 (x2) ; 20.8 (x3) ; 20.9 ; 20.10
20.1 Back to SchoolTrigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
"Since 2014 Gaiman has been a professor in the arts at Bard College, teaching courses in theatre and performance, written arts and experimental humanities." - from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Ga...
+20 Task
+25 Combo (10.6 - "the houses they had built from tin cans” ; 10.7 - Short ; 10.9 ; 20.5 - lots of supernatural elements such as ghosts or aliens ; 20.8 - 1960)
+5 Multiple
Task total = 50
Points total = 620
10.1 ; … ; … ; … ; 10.5 ; 10.6 (x2) ; 10.7 ; 10.8 ; 10.9 ; …
15.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
20.1 (x2) ; … ; 20.3 ; 20.4 (x2) ; 20.5 (x2) ; 20.6 ; 20.7 (x2) ; 20.8 (x3) ; 20.9 ; 20.10
Post 383:Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "20.2 Math Pi
Read a book with a 3 letter, 1 letter and 4 letter word in the title
Best I Never Hadby Jeannie Choe
Task +20
Young +10
Grand total: 190"
Jayme, I can't find a birth year or anything to confirm this author as Young. Do you know when she was born or something else we can use to estimate her age? In other cases, we've used something like an award given to authors under age 30 or winning a high school tournament. But I don't see anything for this author.
Post 360:Deedee wrote: "Task 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (Mary's task):
Read a book that mentions an element from the periodic table (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...). Provide a quote that mentions the element...
When Among Crows (2024) by Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author) (Hardback 166 pages)"
+10 Young
Post 396:Tawallah wrote: "10.9 - Keep It Short
The Islands: Stories by Dionne Irving
Task: 10
Post : 10
Season : 20"
+10 Young
Post 401:Norma wrote: "20.3 - Chemistry
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
+20 task - O, Be, Ga, Br
+5 Combo - 20.1 - Back to School - taught at Leith Academy
+5 repeat
+15 series
Task t..."
+5 Jumbo
20.10 Zalphabetical. The Professor's House by Willa Cather. TPH is backwards alphabetically.
Task Points: 20
Combo Points: +5 20.1 Willa Cather was a high school teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willa_C...
+5 20.3 I = 53 Iodine, LA = 57 Laudinium, CA = 20 Calcium, HE = 2 Helium
Previous Points: 90
Points This Post: 30
Season So Far: 120
Post 410:Rosemary wrote: "20.6 Literature
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Combos:
10.6: "And you might try crossing her palm with silver in convincing denominations."
20.3: Be Ta I..."
+5 Jumbo
Post 390:Coralie wrote: "20.5 Speech and Debate
The Masquerades of Spring by Ben Aaronovitch
+20 task (magic)
+5 Combo [20.3 Be-Na-Ar-O]
+5 series
+5 Multiple
Post total = 35
Season tot..."
+5 Combo 10.6
Post 346:Apple wrote: "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 ov..."
+5 Multiple (previous 20.4 at Post 260)
20.7 ArtThe Trees by Conrad Richter
+20 Task (The Awakening Land trilogy)
+25 Combo 10.5 (Richter), 10.6 ("...a copper snake..." Ch. 6), 10.7 (trees), 20.3 Co, Ra, C, Te, 20.8 (1890)
+5 Series
Task Total: 50
Season Total: 235+50=285
10.9 Keep it Short!Homicide Trinity by Rex Stout
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.6 - He picked up his bookmark, a thin strip of gold that had been given him by a client)
+10 Series (10.7, post 143)
Task total = 25
Season total = 590
15.1 ScrabbleThe Covenant of Water (724 pages)
Tile: J1 - Jumbo 700+ pages
Letter points: 8
Task points: 15
Season points: 15
15.2 ScrabbleTraitors Gate by Jeffrey Archer
Tile: Y1 - 1st name ends with y or last name begins with y
Letter points: 4
Task points: 15
Season points: 30
15.3 ScrabbleAll the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
Tile: I9 - Author name has an "i"
Letter points: 1
Task points: 15
Season points: 45
15.4 ScrabbleScrew It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life (111 pages)
Tile: O1 - 100 - 199 pages
Letter points: 1
Task points: 15
Season points: 60
15.4 ScrabbleOther Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
A2 - Author (any) name starts with A
Task total: 15
Grand total: 300
10.3 Thankful for FamilyThe Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
+10 Task
+15 Combo (10.5 - pub. 2017, 10.6 - "It wasn’t the gold medal that I craved so much as the day out, the destination of which changed every year and had previously included such exhilarating venues as Dublin Zoo, Howth Head and Dun Laoghaire pier.", 20.8 - author born 1971
+5 Jumbo
Task total: 30
Grand total: 330
10.10 Group ReadsWhat Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.2, 10.6 - "For a short period after the war, we had lost so many young men that our male population was also grey, which led to the popular tragic song, "Silver, Clay, and Frost."
+10 Young
Task total: 30
Grand total: 360
20.9 HaLLowEEnNightfall by David Goodis
+20 Task (LL/OO)
+10 Combo (10.5 - pub'd 1947; 10.6 - Very little silver, hardly noticeable against gold, but even the little that was there was too much silver for a man only thirty-three.
+10 Young (Goodis lifetime 1917-1967)
Task total = 40
Season total = 630
Joanna wrote: "Post 383:Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "20.2 Math Pi
Read a book with a 3 letter, 1 letter and 4 letter word in the title
Best I Never Hadby Jeannie Choe
Task +2..."
From her picture on her Goodreads author page she looks 30 and under but there is no birth year on her author page or Goodreads page. You can subtract the 10 points.
15.7 ScrabbleWhat Cannot Be Said by C.S. Harris
Tile: I1 author uses initials
Letter points: 1
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Post total: 15
Season total = 1360
15.2 ScrabbleThe Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Tile: N2 (200-299 pages; book has 213 pages)
Letter points: 1
Task total =15
Season total = 225
20.10 ZalphabeticalThe Seville Communion by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
20 task
15 combo 20.3 (Ar, O, Er, Te), 20.8 (b. 1951), 10.6 'kindle pg 108: "…so that his 24-carat gold cufflinks glinted…"
______
35
Running total: 690
20.2 MathematicsSix and a Half Deadly Sins by Colin Cotterill
+20 task AND (3) A (1) HALF (4)
+20 Combo [10.6 when the ZINC roof to his tomb opened, 20.1, 20.3 Co-Li-N-Te, 20.5 supernatural]
+25 series (previously used for 20.1, 20.3, 20.5 and 10.5)
Post total = 65
Season total = 1425
20.7 ArtThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
For 10.6, Silver on page 75: "If I had the silver, they would have taken it."
+20 task (trilogy)
+ 5 combo 10.3 Family (listed 30X)
+ 5 combo 10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader (Silver)
+ 5 combo 20.1 Back to School (see comment 38 on task thread)
+ 5 combo 20.6 Literature ( # 194 on list)
+ 5 combo 20.10 Zaphabetical
+ 5 series
Task total: 50
Season total: 450
20.9 haLLowEEnThe Thinking Reed by Rebecca West
Combos:
10.6: "There remained the pale gold roses, which she hoped Laurence had sent her."
20.3: Re Be Ca W
+20 Task (rEEd, rebeCCa)
+10 Combo
+ 5 Multiple (previously claimed in post 199)
Post total = 35
Season total = 460
15.4 ScrabbleThe Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry
+15, B1: any bird name in title
Task total: 15
Season total: 395
10.8 Crime Writers FestivalA Caribbean Mysteryby Agatha Christie
Crime in the MPG
Book total: 10
Grand total 200
Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "10.8 Crime Writers FestivalA Caribbean Mysteryby Agatha Christie
Crime in the MPG
Book total: 10
Grand total 200"
This book won't work for 10.8 since it has to be a new-to-you mystery writer and it looks like you've got almost 30 Christie books on your "Read" shelf ;-)
Luckily, it could be used for 10.6 ("'Not everyone,' said Dr. Graham dryly, 'is so considerate as to use arsenic"), 20.3, or 20.8.
Let us know where you'd like to claim it!
10.6 Elementary My dear ReaderPaladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher
+10 task A very harassed-looking COPPER jay broke from cover
+10 Combo [10.10, 20.5 supernatural]
+10 series (previously used for 20.5)
+10 young born 1977
+5 multiple
Post total = 45
Season total = 1470
15.8 ScrabbleAlphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip
Tile: F2 PH in title
Letter points: 4
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Post total: 15
Season total = 1485
Task 10.7 - Helicopter Season (Coralie's task):Read a book whose title (or subtitle) includes a word of at least four letters which can be made from the letters in HELICOPTERS.
THOSE = HElicOpTerS
COMBOS
10.5 Lucky Sevens
First published in 2017
10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader
OXYGEN
p. 51: “She lay on the floor, submerged in coppery fumes and wheezing like she ought to be in an OXYGEN tent.”
20.1 Back to School
Thanks Elizabeth (Alaska) for finding James Alan Gardner talking about teaching a class.
(see: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... )
20.3 Chemistry
jAMES ALan GArdner
95 Am Americium
99 Es Einsteinium
13 Al Aluminium
31 Ga Gallium
20.5 Speech and Debate
MPG Science or one that features a supernatural element (ghosts, magic, etc.).
Our heroines: p. 22:”Ordinary humans with superhuman powers.”
All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault (Dark/Spark #1 of 2) (2017) by James Alan Gardner
+10 Task
+25 (#10.5, 10.6, 20.1, 20.3, 20.5)
Task Total: 10 + 25 = 35
Grand Total: 335 + 35 = 370
Anika wrote: "Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "10.8 Crime Writers FestivalA Caribbean Mysteryby Agatha Christie
Crime in the MPG
Book total: 10
Grand total 200"
This book won't work f..."
You can move it to 20.8
20.4 Home EconomicsOne Woman's Year by Stella Martin Currey
This book is divided into monthly chapters. There is a recipe for each month along with a topical essay, articles on a "most liked job" and "most disliked job", a recommended excursion for the month, and some quotes from fiction and poetry.
Combos:
10.6: "An old silver soup tureen, one of the kind which allows the domed top to swivel back under the rounded base, is an ideal container for June roses" p 92
20.3: S Te Ar In
+20 Task
+10 Combo
Post total = 30
Season total = 490
20.8 Fall AuthorsThe Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg
Combos:
10.6: "There was always a new gold bracelet dangling around her wrist"
20.3: Am I At Te
+20 Task (born 1971 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jami_At... and on the spreadsheet that Elizabeth posted)
+10 Combo
+50 Halfway finish 20-point tasks
Post total = 80
Season total = 570
20.8 Fall AuthorsThe October Country by Ray Bradbury
Help task - spreadsheet shows born in 1920
Task: 20
Combo: 10 10.9 - keep it short, 10.7 Country in title - C, T, R, O in helicopters
Post total: 30
Season total : 120
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Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
+20 task - O, Be, Ga, Br
+5 Combo - 20.1 - Back to School - taught at Leith Academy
+5 repeat
+15 series
Task total: 45
Grand total: 725