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WI 24-25 Completed Tasks
15.7 BBRBBR book: Starter Villain by John Scalzi
I - Different language - BBR book is in English - this one Japanese
The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon by Sei Shōnagon
Task total: 20
Grand total: 500
15.8 BBRBBR book: Starter Villain by John Scalzi
E - Same author
Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
Task total: 25
Grand total: 525
20.2 Edna O'BrienThe Wedding People by Alison Espach
+20 Task (the whole book practically is women talking to each other about all sorts of things)
+5 Combo (20.7 - main character has a cat)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 550
10.4 Penguin Awareness DayCenzontle/Mockingbird: Songs of Empowerment by Daniel García Ordaz
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.6 Year of the Snake
Task Total: 15
Grand total: 735
10.5 New Year New Date:Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
+10 Task (2025)
+10 Combo: 10.6 Year of the Snake / 20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille
Task Total: 20
Grand total: 755
10.10 Group Reads:Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
10 Point Finish: 50
Post Total: 60
Grand total: 815
15.2 BBRBBR book = The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
A. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same first name as a character from your BBR.
Tookie (Lily Florabella Truax Beaupre) · Pollux · Hetta · Jackie Kettle · Roland Waring · Jarvis · Flora (Lily Florabella Truax)
Tookie (Lily Florabella Truax Beaupre) - Lily
Father of the Rain by Lily King
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Grand total = 830
15.3 BBRBBR book = The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
C. Read a book set in the same city/country/world as your BBR.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rules of Prey by John Sandford
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Grand total = 845
15.4 BBRBBR book = The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
G. Read another book published the same year as your BBR.
2021
Sterling Karat Gold by Isabel Waidner
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Adjusted Score = 5
Grand total = 865
Claire wrote: "20. 7. Best friends foreverRouwdouwers
Falun Ellie Koos 235 p. Read 30 january 2025Dogs Bella and Lutien. They are the compa..."
Sorry, Task 10.3 can't be used for combos. You could post this book to 10.3 with a combo to 20.7, but since 10.3 is different for everyone, we don't count it as a combo to other tasks.
Post 439:Joanne wrote: "20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille:
An author who has published more than 20 books
Wrath of a Mad God by Raymond E. Feist
+20 Task
Season Total 375"
+10 Aged
+5 Jumbo
Post 120:Connie (on semi-hiatus) wrote: "10.10 Group Reads
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
+10 task
+ 5 10.7 (title word ends in ity)
+ 5 20.3 (author has written more than 20 books)
Task total: 20
Season to..."
+5 Combo 20.7
Post 420:Valerie wrote: "10.7 Verity
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
10 task
5 combo 20.7 (MC has a cat 'El Chorizo' who is his connection to his deceased father and his only friend)
_____
15
..."
+10 Combo - 10.10, 20.3
10.9 ScandinaviaHitman Anders and the Meaning of It All by Jonas Jonasson
wholly set in Sweden
10 task
5 combo 10.5
______
15
Running total: 550
20.2 Edna O'BrienLillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
+20 Task (Lillian talks to female coworkers about their work and female friends about different things)
Post total = 20
Season total = 550
20.6 Akira ToriyamaWatchmen by Alan Moore
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.1 Classics & Fantasy
+10 Aged born 1953 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore
+ 5 Oldies 1987
Post total = 40
Season total = 590
20.8 International Women’s YearBeyond Black by Hilary Mantel
+20 Task (nominee 2006)
+10 Combo (10.5 2005, 20.2 Alison & Colette talk about all kinds of things)
+10 Aged (1952-2022)
Post total = 40
Season total = 630
20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMilleSpring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare
+20 Task https://www.fantasticfiction.com/k/is...
+10 Aged (1936-2024)
+ 5 Oldies (2000)
Post total = 35
Season total = 665
10.2 Holiday TravelAround the World in a Dugout Canoe: The Untold Story of Captain John Voss and the Tilikum by John M. MacFarlane
10 pts. 10.2 Holiday Travel. “ Voss put the Tilikum on a railway flatcar and took a trip to Pietermaritzburg where he stayed for a few days.”
10 pts Aged http://nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Bi...
Task Total: 20 pts
Season total: 345 pts
Post 471
… 10.3 10.3 … … 10.6 10.7 … … …
… 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.8 … …
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 … … … …
20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrBOOK/AUTHOR:The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley PAGED 386 p.
DATE Read 4 february 2025
20 points
+ 5 combo 20.2 Edna O'Brien
+ 5 combo 20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille
+ 5 combo 20.10 The _____ of _____ (Joanna's task)
+10 aged
= 45 points
Total: 260 points
(Took off 5 points message https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Task 20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille:Read any book by any author who has published more than 20 books
Here’s the bibliography: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/fr...
Fails Bechtel Test.
The Day the Martians Came (1988) by Frederik Pohl
+20 Task
+10 Older Author (age 70 and above) b. 2013 – d. 1919 = 94 years
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: 5 points (1950-2000) pub. 1988
Task Total: 20 + 10 + 05 = 35
Grand Total: 310 + 35 = 345
20.1 Paul Auster and Alice MunroCrazy Brave by Joy Harjo, an author on the American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature list.
+ 20 Task Points
+ 5 Combo -- 20.3 Author's GR homepage shows more than 20 published books. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Task Total: 25
Total So Far: 220
20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrCrook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead, GR genres of Historical Fiction and Crime.
Task Points: 20
No Styles or Bonuses
Task Total: 20
Total So Far: 240
10.2 Holiday Travel:Read a book which features a train ride.
Paris: de memoires van Abel Sikkink
Bert Wagendorp 386 p. Read: 5 february20 points
+ 5 points combo 20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille
+ 5 points combo 20.10 The _____ of _____ (Joanna's task):( ‘the memoires of Abel Sikkink’)
30 points
Total Points 290 points
20.10 The ___ of ___The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline by Dale E. Bredesen
+20 Task
no styles (gasp!)
Season total = 780
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Ann Older
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2, 20.2)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 900
10.5 New Year, New DateMonkey: The Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en
+10 Task (pub. 1592)
+10 Aged (lived to age 75)
+25 Oldies
+10 Non-Western
+10 Combo (10.1 - Classics/Fantasy; 10.8)
Task total: 65
Grand total: 615
20.4 - C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrThe Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter
+20 task - mystery, crime
+5 Combo 10.6 - Year of the Snake,
+5 combo 20.3 - Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille
Task total: 30
Grand total: 650
20.4 - C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrThe Last Widow by Karin Slaughter
+20 task - mystery, crime
+5 Combo 10.6 - Year of the Snake,
+5 combo 20.3 - Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille
Task total: 30
Grand total: 680
20.4 - C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrThe Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter
+20 task - mystery, crime
+5 Combo 10.6 - Year of the Snake,
+5 combo 20.3 - Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille
Task total: 30
Grand total: 710
20.4 - C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrAfter That Night by Karin Slaughter
+20 task - mystery, crime
+5 Combo 10.6 - Year of the Snake,
+5 combo 20.3 - Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille
Task total: 30
Grand total: 740
20.7 Best Friends ForeverFatal Pursuit by Martin Walker
Bruno has a Bassett puppy named Balzac who is a companion and is important in breaking the ice with some of the people Bruno interviews.
+20 task
+5 combo 20.3
+5 combo 20.4
+10 aged b. 1947
Task total: 40
Season total: 455
20.8 International Women’s YearThe Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist 2022
+20 Task
+30 Combo (10.1 - Literary Fiction + Fantasy ; 10.6 ; 20.2 - Ada and Meryem's conversations ; 20.3 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elif_Sh... ; 20.5 ; 20.10)
+50 Half-way Finish (20 points tasks)
Task total = 100
Points total = 535
10.1 ; 10.2 ; … ; … ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; 10.7 ; 10.8 ; … ; 10.10
… ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
20.1 ; 20.2 ; 20.3 ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; 20.6 (x4) ; 20.7 ; 20.8 ; 20.9 ; 20.10
15.1 Broken Book ReportFrom Circe by Madeline Miller
A. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same first name as a character from your BBR
L'Odyssée by Homer
(The Odyssey but a french abbreviated version)
Ulysses is a character on both books
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Points total = 550
10.1 ; 10.2 ; … ; … ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; 10.7 ; 10.8 ; … ; 10.10
15.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
20.1 ; 20.2 ; 20.3 ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; 20.6 (x4) ; 20.7 ; 20.8 ; 20.9 ; 20.10
Task 15.I BBRBBR book = All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) (2017) by Martha Wells
I/ Read a book originally written in a different language than the one your BBR was originally written in.
Original language of BBR: English
So, any language except English
Written originally in Icelandic
The Night Guest (2021) by Hildur Knútsdóttir; translated from Icelandic by Mary Robinette Kowal
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 345 + 15 = 360
Post 474:Nick wrote: "20.1 Paul Auster and Alice Munro
Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo, an author on the American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature list.
+ 20 Task Points
+ 5 Combo -- 20.3 A..."
+10 Aged (b. 1951)
Post 345:Karen Michele wrote: "20.10 The _____ of _____
The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
20 Point Finish: 50
Post Total: 70
Grand total: 720"
+5 Combo 20.5
15.1 BBRBBR book = Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
Task F - same top 3 MPG (Literary Fiction) -
Assembly by Natasha Brown
+15 Task
Points this post: 15
RwS total: 240
BBR total: 15
Season Total: 255
10.1 10.2 .... 10.4 .... .... .... .... .... ....
15.1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
.... 20.2 .... 20.4 20.5 .... .... .... .... 20.10
10.8 Theater (Valerie's Task)The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
+10 Task (https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/in...)
+15 Combo (20.3, 20.4, 20.10)
+10 Oldies (pub 1890)
+10 Aged (1859-1930 = 71)
Points this post: 45
RwS total: 285
BBR total: 15
Season Total: 300
10.1 10.2 .... 10.4 .... .... .... 10.8 .... ....
15.1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
.... 20.2 .... 20.4 20.5 .... .... .... .... 20.10
10.3 New Year's ResolutionsAbove Us Only Sky by Michele Young-Stone
+10 Task, my NYR is to work towards completion of the group Countries of the World challenge, this one was set >50% in Lithuania which turned that country green :-)
+15 Combo: 10.1, "Fantasy" and "Literary Fiction"; 10.5, pub. 2015; 20.2, Prudence talks about birds with her colleague, Whitney
Task total: 25
+50 Halfway Finish
Season total: 1305
15.1 BBR3, Broken for You by Stephanie KallosD. Read a book set in the same time period as your BBR: both set late '90s/early '00s.
A Great Marriage by Frances Mayes
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 1320
15.5 BR B. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same last name as a character from your BBR.
BBR Book Sharpe's Rifles by Bernard Cornwell
Sharpe's Gold by Bernard Cornwell
+15 Task
Season Total 425
10.2 Holiday TravelThe Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
Set in before and during WWII, trains are the only means of long-distance transportation. Many characters use the train between Hungry and Paris and Italy and Paris.
Points this 10
Jumbo 5 (602 pages)
Task Total 15
Season Total 440
10.6 Year of the Snake You Are Here by David Nicholls
10 task
10 combo 10.2 (Marnie takes the train to the start of the walk and back to London), 10.10
50 half way
_______
70
Running total: 620
20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMilleA Movement Toward Eden by Clark Howard
+20 task (from GR author page: “…he has written sixteen novels, six books of non-fiction, and has two published collections of short stories”)
+10 aged (1932-2016)
+ 5 oldies (pub. 1969)
Task total=35
Season total=270
20.4 C.J. Sansom/Caleb CarrThe Lady Killer by Masako Togawa
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.3, 20.5)
+10 Nonwestern
+10 Aged
+ 5 Oldies (1963)
Task total = 55
Season total = 835
20.3 Franscine Pascal and Nelson DeMilleArrow's Flightby Mercedes Lackey
author has wrote 20+ books
Task +20
+10 Aged
book total: 30
Grand Total: 310
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.2, 20.3, 20.9)
+10 aged (born 1949)
+5 Oldies (published 1992)
+5 Jumbo (528 pages)
Task total: 55
Grand total: 955
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Miss Charity : Le Petit Théâtre de la Vie by Loïc Clément and Anne Montel
+10 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 10
Points total = 435
10.1 ; 10.2 ; … ; … ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; 10.7 ; 10.8 ; … ; 10.10
… ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
20.1 ; 20.2 ; 20.3 ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; 20.6 (x4) ; 20.7 ; … ; 20.9 ; 20.10