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20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb Carr:The Hunter by Tana French
+20 Task: Mystery / Crime
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 75
15.2 BBRBBR book = The Brimstone Wedding by Barbara Vine
Task I - different language - NP by Banana Yoshimoto
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Grand total = 30
10.2 Holiday TravelAll Souls by Javier Marías
+10 Task (the main character takes trains from Oxford to London and Reading via Didcot)
+10 Aged (1951-2022)
+ 5 Oldies (1989)
Post total = 25
Season total = 55
15.1 BBRBBR: The Women by Kristin Hannah
G: Read another book published in the same year. (2024)
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Task total: 15
Season total: 95
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Festival of Insignificance by Milan Kundera
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.3)
+10 Aged (1929-2023)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 160
20.7 Best Friends ForeverUnder the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
One of the two main characters, Hugo, has a dog who is a kind of assistant dog, to help when he has panick attacks. His name is Apollo.
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.2 - not a lot of female characters but there’s a discussion between Mei and a medium named Desdemona, about being able to communicate with ghosts ; 20.5)
Task total = 30
Points total = 30
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20.4 - C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrThe Vanishing at Opal Creek by D.D. Black
+20 task - mystery, crime
Task total: 20
Grand total: 100
15.2 BBRSiddharta by Hermann Hesse
I. Read a book originally written in a different language than the one your BBR was originally written in. (English vs. German)
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 115
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.2 Valery is taken from Moscow to labour camp by train)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 185
20.6 Akira ToriyamaDays of Sugar and Spice by Loïc Clément
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.2 - the main character takes several times the train between Paris and Britany ; 20.2 - all but one main characters are women, Eglantine, her aunt, her friend Mai, so they have several discussions regarding family and their bakery ; 20.3 - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...)
Task total = 35
Points total = 65
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20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb Carr:In Too Deep (Jack Reacher #29) by Lee Child & Andrew Child
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 135
10.9 Scandinavia (Norma's Task):Ashes to Dust (Thóra Gudmundsdóttir #3) by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
100% Iceland
+10 Task
+10 Combo (20.2 - MC with secretary about many different things; 20.4)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 155
15.6 BBR, The Stranger Diaries by Elly GriffithsD. Read a book set in the same time period as your BBR: both set modern day.
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
+20 Task
Task total: 20
Season total: 110
15.7 BBR, The Stranger Diaries by Elly GriffithsF. Read a book with a top-three MPG which is also a top-three MPG of your BBR: they share a top-three MPG of "Fiction."
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
+20 Task
Task total: 20
Season total: 130
10.5 New Year New DateThey Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie
p. 1952
lexile: 720
10 task
10 aged
10 combo 20.2, 20.3
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20
Running total: 145
20.10 The _____ of _____The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy
+20 Task
+10 Aged (died at age 82)
+10 Non-Western
+15 Oldies, pub. 1886
+5 Combo: 10.8 (https://www.broadwayplaypublishing.co... here's a link to the play version)
Task total: 60
Season total: 190
10.2 Holiday TravelThe Warden by Anthony Trollope
+10 Task (Septimus Harding takes the 3pm train from London to Barchester)
+10 Combo (10.8 play details here->https://theatricalia.com/play/dsn/the..., 20.3)
+ 15 Oldies (pub 1855)
Points this post: 35
RwS total: 65
BBR total: -
Season Total: 65
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20.5 Tom Spanbauer:This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes
+20 task
+10 Aged
Post Total = 30
Season Total = 30
20.5
20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille:Another Time, Another Place by Jodi Taylor
+20 task
+10 aged
Post Total = 30
Season Total = 60
20.3; ...; 20.5
15.1 - BBRH. Read a book with the same number of words in the title as your BBR.1>
Chosen book Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Read book Gifted by Suzumi Suzuki
+15 task
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 75
15.1
20.3; ...; 20.5
15.2 - BBRG. Read another book published the same year as your BBR.
Chosen book Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, first published 2020
Read book What You Are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
+15 task
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 90
15.1, 15.2
20.3; ...; 20.5
10.10 Group Reads:Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer
+10 task
Post Total = 10
Season Total = 100
10.10
15.1, 15.2
20.3; ...; 20.5
15.3 - BBR F. Read a book with a top-three MPG which is also a top-three MPG of your BBR.
Chosen book Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy : Fiction, Science Fiction, Literary Fiction
Read Book Doing Time by Jodi Taylor Science Fiction
+15 task
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 115
10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3;
20.3; ...; 20.5
Jayme(the ghostreader)20.3 Franscine Pascal and Nelson DeMille
Author wrote 20 + books
Closer to Homeby Mercedes Lackey
Task +20
Combo +5 10.3 personal bucket list- read my favorite fantasy author.
Aged +10 Mercedes Lackey 75 years
Book total: 35
Grand total: 55
20.3 Pascal and DeMilleWinter of the World by Ken Follett
+20 Task (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Fol...)
+10 Combo (10.2 - As expected, he had been put on a supply train returning to Barcelona crammed with rebel prisoners.; 20.2 - Ilse, Freida and Carla talk about Hitler's Aktion T4 program to kill the mentally handicapped
+10 Aged (b. 1949)
+20 Jumbo (949 pgs)
Task total = 60
Season total = 100
In post 42 Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I'd like to move my #9 post:20.4 Pascal and DeMille
Polar Star by Martin Cruz Smith
+20 Task (10 in Arkady Renko series, 14 as Martin Cruz Smith, 6 as Simon Quinn)
+..."
I gave myself 5 combo points.
+ 10 Combo (20.3 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_... 20.4)
for a task total of 45, thus the 105 season total in the above post
EDIT: Uh, no. it was just a mis attribution. 20.3 combo was correct. See link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_...
20.4 Samson and CarrThe Devil's Cave by Martin Walker
+20 task mystery and crime
+5 combo 20.7 Bruno has a basset hound puppy named Balzac. He is a companion and ice breaker (people respond positively to the puppy)
+5 20.3
+10 aged b. 1947
Task total: 40
Season total: 115
15.2 BBRBBR: The Women by Kristin Hannah
B: Character from BBR is neurosurgeon Captain Ted Smith.
Author, Ali Smith has the same last name.
Autumn by Ali Smith
Task total: 15
Season total: 110
20.4 - C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrThe Fifth Victim by D.D. Black
+20 task - mystery, crime
Task total: 20
Grand total: 120
15.3 BBRTreasure & Dirt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan #1) by Chris Hammer
Task A. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same first name as a character from your BBR.
charcter's name: Chris Hudson
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 170
Task 20.2 Edna O'Brien:Read a book by Edna O'Brien or any novel that passes the Bechdel Test. To pass the Bechdel test, a novel must have: 1) at least two female characters; 2) who talk to each other; 3) about something other than a man/romantic interest in a man
1) at least two female characters;
Three main female characters, Iona, Alyssa and Saori
2) who talk to each other;
Alyssa talks to Iona to try and recruit her for a resistance movement.
Saori interrogates Iona about the resistance movement.
3) about something other than a man/romantic interest in a man
The resistance movement has nothing whatsoever to do with “romantic interest in a man”. The resistance movement has men and women; sometimes the women talk to each other about the resistance movement.
Hearts of Oak (2020) by Eddie Robson
+20 Task
Task Total: 00 + 20
Grand Total: 00 + 20 = 20
Task 20.2 Edna O'Brien:Read a book by Edna O'Brien or any novel that passes the Bechdel Test. To pass the Bechdel test, a novel must have: 1) at least two female characters; 2) who talk to each other; 3) about something other than a man/romantic interest in a man
Governess/companion Ancilla talks to her 17 year old pupil Tiffany about her rude and selfish behavior towards the vicar’s daughter Patience. Behavior had nothing to do with 'romantic interest in a man'.
Georgette Heyer was born in 1902 and died in 1974.
The Nonesuch (1962) by Georgette Heyer (Paperback 348 pages)
+20 Task
+10 Older Author (age 70 and above)
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: 5 points (1950-2000)
Task Total: 20 + 10 + 05 = 35
Grand Total: 20 + 35 = 55
Task 20.7 Best Friends Forever (Owlette's task):Our heroine Charlotte has a corgi dog named Rupert. She walks him every day, and one day the dog finds a clue to the murder.
#20.2 combo: Charlotte is the wardrobe / costumer for the play. She talks with the actress, Lauren, about the costumes Lauren will be wearing in her role as ‘Juliet’ in Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
Untimely Death (Shakespeare in the Catskills Mystery #1) (2015) by Elizabeth J. Duncan
+20 Task
+05 Combo (#20.2)
Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25
Grand Total: 55 + 25 = 80
Task 10.6 Year of the Snake:Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in WOOD SNAKE.
wood SnakE
#20.2 combo: Our heroine, Tamsyn, talks with the teenaged cousin of her love interest, named Emerald, about the mechanics of using magic in the book’s world.
The Wedding Witch (The Ex Hex #3) (2024) by Erin Sterling (Hardback 278 pages)
+10 Task
+05 Combo (#20.2)
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 80 + 15 = 95
Task 10.2 Holiday Travel:Read a book which features a train ride.
Chapter 3:
p. 23: “The train leaves the station with a puff of steam and a short whistle. We settle into one of the opulent first-class carriages, the lighting comfortably dim, the dining tables already set with crystal and china. Lucy sits beside me on a plush velvet sofa, with Robert across from us in a tufted leather chair.”
And with that, our heroine, and her brother Robert and her sister Lucy, take the train from their rural manor house to LONDON!
#20.2 combo:
Our heroine, Katherine, and her frenemy, Eliza, strategize about how to win the scavenger hunt. (They’ve been forced to be partners for the game.)
Arcana (Sylvani #1) (2014) by Jessica Leake (Paperback 268 pages)
+10 Task
+05 Combo (#20.2)
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 95 + 15 = 110
15.1 BBR BBR book: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
H. Same number of words in title
On Trails: An Exploration by Robert Moor
+15 task
Season total: 130
20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille:Ceremony in Death (In Death #5) by J.D. Robb
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.2 - MC with her aide about many different things; 20.4)
+10 Aged (born 1950)
+5 Oldies (pub 1997)
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 215
10.8 TheaterWitches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
Critics here: https://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/feature/2...
+10 Task
+15 Combo (20.2 - all the main characters are females so a lot of discussions not related to men ; 20.3 ; 41 books in the Discworld series only ; 20.7 - Greebo, tomcat companion of Nanny Ogg)
+5 Oldies (1991)
Task total = 30
Points total = 95
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20.2 Edna O'BrienPlain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol
The main character Jane and the sirens (there are 4 of them and they are all named but i didn't write them down) have several conversations about ageing and beauty
+20 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 20
Points total = 115
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15.1. BBRThe Hunter by Tana French
BBR When Red Is Black by Qiu Xiaolong. GENRES Mystery China fiction
15 pts 15.1 F. Read a book with a top-three MPG which is also a top-three MPG of your BBR. Mystery fiction
Task Total: 15 pts
Season total: 75 pts
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20.3 Pascal and DeMilleThe Secret Search by E.R. Punshon
+20 Task (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._R._P...)
+ 5 Combo (10.2 - Bobby rang off then and, by hurrying, was just able to catch the next train for Seemouth—a good, direct, fast service.
+10 Aged (1872 - 1956)
+ 5 Oldies (pub'd 1951)
Task total = 40
Season total = 140
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild
+20 Task
+25 Combo (10.5 pub 2015, 10.7 improbabilITY, 20.2 mostly the characters talk about art or food, 20.4 historical fiction, mystery, 20.8 Women’s prize nominee 2016)
Task total: 45
Grand total: 230
Jayme(the ghostreader)20.3 Franscine Pascal and Nelson DeMille
Author wrote 20 + books
Acorna's Questby Anne McCaffrey
Wrote 20+ books
Task +20
Aged +10
Book total: 30
Grand Total: 85
20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMillehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Up...
“… novelist, poet, critic and essayist noted for his prolific output over a 50-year period. His bibliography includes some 23 novels, 18 short story collections, 12 collections of poetry, 4 children's books, and 12 collections of non-fiction.”
Your Lover Just Called: Stories of Joan and Richard Maple by John Updike
+20 Task
+10 Aged (1932-2009)
+ 5 Oldies (pub 1980)
Task total=35
Season total=70
15.2. BBRThe Passenger by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz
BBR When Red Is Black by Qiu Xiaolong written in English
15 pts 15.2 I. Read a book originally written in a different language than the one your BBR was originally written in. Written in German
Task Total: 15 pts
Season total: 75 pts
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15.8 BBR, The Stranger Diaries by Elly GriffithsG. Read another book published the same year as your BBR: both published in 2018.
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
+25 Task
Task total: 25
Season total: 215
20.2 Edna O'BrienShelterwood by Lisa Wingate
Real life character, Kate Barnard, talked to Mrs Grube about starving orphans who had run away from abusive guardians. Guardians of indigenous children tricked them into signing away their inherited land that had valuable oil and timber. Barnard was in the Oklahoma legislature, and also worked to protect working children.
+20 task
+ 5 combo 20.4 (Historical fiction and Mystery)
Task total: 25
Season total: 135
10.8 TheaterNicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
Staged by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lif...
+10 task
+ 5 combo 20.3 (Dickens published more than 20 books)
+15 oldie (pub 1839)
+15 jumbo (817 pages)
Task total: 45
Season total: 180
15.9 BBR, The Stranger Diaries by Elly GriffithsC. Read a book set in the same city/country/world as your BBR: both set in Sussex.
The Last Word by Elly Griffiths
+25 Task
Task total: 25
Season total: 240
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+20 Task: carryover book - 43% read in fall
+10 Aged (1948)
+ 5 Jumbo (596)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 55