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20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrThe Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
The MPG's are HF and Mystery
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.2)
Task Total 25
Season Total 80
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.2 Joe escapes from Prague by train)
+5 Oldies (pub 2000 – hard to think that that is old now)
+5 Jumbo (639 pages)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 265
20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
+20 Task mystery, crime
+20 Combo 10.2 (Griselda takes a train from the village of St. Mary Mead to London on the day of the murder.); 10.8 Wikipedia page about the stage play https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_... 20.2 Miss Marple and Mrs. Protheroe speak in the garden about Miss Marple's roses on the day of the murder; 20.3 (numbers in GR bio)
+10 Aged
+10 Oldie (1930)
Task Total: 60
Season Total: 60+60=120
Broken Book Report15.2 BBR
BBR Book - Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
Task B: Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same last name as a character from your BBR
A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter - Tess Linton
+15 task
Task total: 15
Grand total: 135
15.10 BBR, The Stranger Diaries by Elly GriffithsA. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same first name as a character from your BBR: Clare Cassidy => Clare Mackay.
See Them Run by Marion Todd
+30 Task
Task total: 30
+100 BBR Finish
Season total: 370
10.6 Year of the SnakeThe Tempest by William Shakespeare
+10 Task
+15 Combo: 10.1, "Classics" and "Fantasy"; 10.8; 20.3, Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in addition to other writings
+25 Oldies, pub. 1611
Task total: 50
Season total: 420
20.10 The _____ of _____ The Mark of the Assassin by Daniel Silva
+20 Task
+5 Oldies (1996)
+5 (10.6 D.S.)
+ 5 (20.3 27 Books )
+5 (20.4 Mystery and Crime)
Task Total 40
Season Total 120
20.3 Pascal and DeMilleTwelfth Night by William Shakespeare
+20 Task, Shakespeare wrote 38 plays including other writings
+25 Oldies, pub. 1602
+10 Combo: 10.6; 10.8
Task total: 55
Season total: 475
15.4 BBRCrooked House by Agatha Christie
Task J. Choose a RwS member who has also read your BBR, and read a book from that member's "favorites" shelf or that the member rated 5-stars.
RwS member: Katy
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_...
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 230
20.10 The _______ of ________The History of the Siege of Lisbon by José Saramago
+20 Task
+10 Aged (1922-2010)
+ 5 Oldies (1989)
Post total = 35
Season total = 90
15.1 BBR2, Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenA. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same first name as a character from your BBR: Elinor Dashwood => Elinor Carlisle.
Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 490
15.2 BBR2, Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenJ. Choose a RwS member who has also read your BBR, and read a book from that member's "favorites" shelf or that the member rated 5-stars: my BBR was read by Tien, who rated the following book 5-stars...
4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 505
10.9 Scandinavia Hamlet by William Shakespeare
+10 Task, set 100% in Denmark
+25 Oldies, pub. 1601
+15 Combo: 10.6, 10.8, 20.3
Task total: 50
Season total: 555
10.4 Penguin Awareness DayA Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
+10 Task
+15 Combo 10.2 (Oswald takes a one-way train trip from Chicago to Alabama.); 20.2 (Tammie visits Frances to talk about a neglected girl named Patsy. Also, the Mystic Order of the Royal Polka Dots is almost all women, and they meet to plan the town's social events.); 20.5
+10 Aged
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 120+35=155
15.4 BBRBBR Sharpe's Rifles by Bernard Cornwell
D. A book set in the same time period (both books set in 1809)
Sharpe's Eagle by Bernard Cornwell
Points this task 15
Season Total 95
20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrWinter in Madrid by C.J. Sansom
+20 Task (book by Sansom)
+ 5 Combo (20.2 Barbara and Sofia talk about Barbara's voluntary work in an orphanage)
+10 Aged (1951-2024)
+ 5 Jumbo (549 pages)
Post total = 40
Season total = 130
20.4 C.J. Sansom/Caleb CarrRed Square by Martin Cruz Smith
+20 Task (Mystery/Crime)
+ 5 Combo (20.4 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_...)
+10 Aged (b. 1942)
+ 5 Oldies (pub'd 1992)
Task total = 40
Season total = 180
20.10 The________ of _________The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
+20 task
+5 combo 20.2 The book is about women who free dive for seafood. They operate as a women only collective. They discuss where they should dive, who should be teamed up, and when young divers have enough strength and experience to graduate to diving deeper among other topics.
Task total: 25
Season total: 155
10.10 Group ReadsAuthority 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 total: 200
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
Our first person narrator Phillip Carver has two older sisters, Betsy and Josephine. He describes them as talking with each other about their small business (real estate and insurance). Phillip’s mother often talked to Betsy and Josephine about etiquette – they are from an old southern upper class society which still does the debutantes who ‘come out’ into Society around the age of 19.
Peter Taylor was born on January 08, 1917 and died on November 02, 1994.
A Summons to Memphis (1986) by Peter Taylor
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1987)
+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: 110 + 35 = 145
10.3 New Year's ResolutionsMy bucket list is the '1001 books to read before you die' list.
That They May Face the Rising Sun by John McGahern
+10 Task
+10 Aged (1934-2006)
Post total = 20
Season total = 150
10.1 Member Lottery - Stylish Sci-Fi (Deedee's Task)The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
+10 Task classics and fantasy
+15 Combo: 10.8 stage play https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/th...
20.4 MPG mystery and historical fiction (last two listed); 20.10
+10 Aged (1783-1859)
+15 Oldie (1820)
Task Total: 50
Season Total: 155+50=205
Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "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- ..."
Sorry Jayme, 10.03 can't be used for combos. Let us know if you want to change this to 10.03 with 20.03 as combo
10.3 NY ResolutionsAmelia By Henry Fielding "The Unabridged & Annotated Classic Edition" by Henry Fielding
-> 1001 list
10 task
20 oldie
5 jumbo
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35
Running total : 180
20.4C.J. Sansom/Caleb CarrThe Master Key by Masako Togawa
+20 Task (mystery/crime)
+15 Combo (10.2 - Miss Tamura and Miss Yatabe discuss a newspaper advertisement; 20.3 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masako_... ; 20.5
+10 Non western
+10 Aged (1931-2016)
+ 5 Oldies (1962)
Task total = 60
Season total = 240
10.6 Year of the Snake:Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator by Sofia Warren
Graphic novel, no styles - but a great insight into how things work in American, in this case State, politics
+10 task
Post Total = 10
Season Total = 125
10.6, ...; ...; ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3;
20.3; ...; 20.5
20.6 Akira Toriyama:The Collected Essex County by Jeff Lemire
+20 task
+5 jumbo (512 pages)
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 150
10.6, ...; ...; ...; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3;
20.3; ...; 20.5; 20.6
10.10 Group Reads:Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
+10 task
Post Total = 10
Season Total = 160
10.6, ...; ...; ...; 10.10 (x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3;
20.3; ...; 20.5; 20.6
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.2 a handful of brief conversations mostly about escaping)
+5 Oldies (pub 1995)
+5 Jumbo (528 pages)
+10 Aged (born 1954)
Task total: 45
Grand total: 310
20.4 - C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrSeven Days to Die by Michelle Kidd
+20 task - mystery, crime
Task total: 20
Grand total: 155
20.4 - C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrIndelible by Karin Slaughter
+20 task - mystery, crime
+5 Combo - 20.3 - Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille
+5 Combo - 10.6 - K, S
Task total: 30
Grand total: 185
10.2 Holiday TravelA Quiet Place by Seichō Matsumoto
+10 Task Chapter 1: Protagonist takes overnight train from Kobe to Tokyo.
+10 Combo 20.3 (in GR bio - hundreds of works); 20.4 (mystery, crime)
+10 Aged (1909-1992)
+10 Non-western
+5 Oldie (1975)
Task Total: 45
Season Total: 205+45=250
20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMillehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_C...
(over 150)
Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates
+20 Task
+15 Combo (20.1, 20.2-MC and her housekeeper have many conversations about the household, children, meals, etc., 20.4-MPG's Mystery, Historical Fiction, Crime)
+10 Aged (born 1938)
Task total=45
Season total=115
20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrThe Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
20 pts 20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb Carr MYSTERY CRIME
5 pts 20.2 Edna O’Brien. Isabelle and Irene discuss the crime.
Task Total: 25 pts
Season total: 100 pts
Post 136
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15.1 15.2 … … … … … … … …
20.7 Best Friends Forever (Owlette's task):Wild Card (Detective Zoe Mayer #2) by Simon Rowell
Harry is a service/support dog
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.2 - MC with other female characters about the mystery and other things; 20.4)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 260
10.7 VerityCity Boy by Herman Wouk
+10 Task (city)
+10 Aged (died at age 103!)
+10 Oldies (published 1948)
+5 Combo (20.2 - Mom and sister talk about pantyhose)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 70
15.1 BBRBBR: Starter Villain
F - Same MPG (Science Fiction; Fiction; Humor)
Heaven's River by Dennis E. Taylor
Task total: 15
Grand total: 85
20.6 Akira ToriyamaRat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery by Kurtis J. Wiebe
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.2 - main characters are all female and talk about adventuring/monster killing/etc.)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 110
20.6 Akira ToriyamaSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.3)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 135
20.4 Sansom & CarrThe Resistance Man by Martin Walker
+20 task mystery, crime
+5 20.3
+5 20.7 Balzac, a basset hound puppy is a companion
+10 aged b. 1947
Task total: 40
Season total: 195
10.4 Poll 3: Is that a holiday?When Among Crows by Veronica Roth
+10 Task
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 270
15.3 BBR2, Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenE. Read another book by the same author who wrote your BBR.
Persuasion by Jane Austen
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 570
15.5 BBRSeized (The Profiler #3) by Elizabeth Heiter
F. Read a book with a top-three MPG which is also a top-three MPG of your BBR.
MPG: Mystery
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 290
15.6 BBRThe Cat Who Caught a Killer (Conrad the Cat Detective #1) by L.T. Shearer
D. Read a book set in the same time period as your BBR.
Present time - my BBR author, Richard Osman, was actually mentioned in the book as a book which a charactter was reading!
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 310
20.2 Edna O' BrianThe Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson
The book is about a group of women who, at most times, avoid talking about men 😅
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.4 HF and History)
Task Total 25
Season Total 145
10.5 New Year New Date:Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike #3) by Robert Galbraith
published 2015
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.4)
+5 Jumbo (512p)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 330
10.3 New Years ResolutionIs Maths Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths by Eugenia Cheng
10 pts 10.3 New Years Resolution Read more books with MPG of Science or Math
Task Total: 10 pts
Season total: 110 pts
Post 150
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The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche by Gary Krist
+10 task
Season total 55