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WI 24-25 Completed Tasks
20.1 Paul Auster and Alice MunroTell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.2 Lucy takes a train to an event and makes a connection with her seatmate; 10.6; 20.2 for example Lucy and Olive have a conversation about Olive's mother)
Post total = 35
Season total = 220
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.3)
+10 Aged (born 1949)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 440
20.7 Best Friends ForeverThe Children Return by Martin Walker
Bruno has a Bassett puppy named Balzac who is a companion and 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: 275
10.10 Group ReadsDays at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
Thanks to Tien for selecting this book; I liked it so much that I added Morisaki Bookshop #2 to my TBR!
+10 Task
+10 Combo 10.2 Ch. 7: MC and her aunt ride trains to the mountains outside of Tokyo for a vacation; 20.2 Ch. 4: MC and waitress/literature student Tomo share a love of reading and a friendship begins.
+10 Non-western
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 285+30=315
10.9 Scandinavia (Norma's Task)The Children of Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren Lexile 860
+10 Task (Sweden)
+20 Combo 10.8 stage play https://teatrlalka.pl/en/spektakle/dz...
20.3, 20.7 Ch. 5 Olof befriends the mean shoemaker's mistreated dog and his father rescues/buys it for Olof. Dog's name is Skip and he carries Olaf's school bag.; 20.10
+10 Oldie (1946)
+10 Aged (1907-2002)
Task Total: 50
Season Total: 315+50=365
15.8 BBRGhost Station by S.A. Barnes
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: The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club #4) by Richard Osman
+25 Task
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 440
15.3 Broken Book ReportA Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
B. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same last name as a character from your BBR.
Armand Gamache (MC, appears in both books)
All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
15 task
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15
Running total: 245
20.10 The_____ of_____The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
+20 task
Task total: 20
Season total: 245
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig
+20 Task
+15 Combo (20.2 ,20.3, 20.4 – historical fiction, mystery)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 475
20.7 Best Friends Forever (Owlette's task)Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir by Anna Marie Tendler
Anna's pet dog Petunia was a big source of support for her
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 20
20.6 Akira ToriyamaCheck, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones by Ngozi Ukazu
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 40
15.3 BBRBBR: When Red Is Black by Qiu Xiaolong. Setting - Shaghai
Red Mandarin Dress by Qiu Xiaolong
15 pts 15.3 C. Read a book set in the same city/country/world as your BBR. Setting Shanghai
Task Total: 15 pts
Season total: 125 pts
Post 214
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20.2 Edna O'BrienStill Life by Louise Penny
Combos:
10.5 published 2005
20.3 author has published 19 books in this series and is the first named author on The Best American Mystery Stories 2018
20.4 mystery & crime
+20 Task (a group of female characters including Clara and Myrna get together to mark Jane's death and talk about Jane and her art)
+15 Combo
Post total = 35
Season total = 255
20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMilleMystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon
Combos:
10.2 the story begins with most of the characters on a train journey that is interrupted by heavy snow
20.2 female characters Lydia and Jessie talk about the snow, the murder, and the house they escape to
20.4 mystery & crime
+20 Task https://www.fantasticfiction.com/f/j-...
+15 Combo
+10 Aged (1883-1955)
+10 Oldies (1937)
Post total = 55
Season total = 310
20.10 The _____ of _____The Yogins of Ladakh: A Pilgrimage Among the Hermits of the Buddhist Himalayas by John H. Crook & James Low
+20 Task
+10 Aged (1930-2011)
+ 5 Oldies (1997)
Post total = 35
Season total = 345
20.3 Franscine Pascal and nelson DeMilleA Christmas Memoryby Richard Paul Evans
20+ books
Task +20
Grand Total: 125
20.5 Tom SpanbauerFat Ham by James Ijames
20 pts 20.5 Tom Spanbauer
5 pts. 10.8 Theatre
Task Total: 25 pts
Season total: 150 pts
Post 219
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20.5 SpanbauerChristmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson
+20 Task
+5 Combo: 20.3
Task total: 25
Season total: 650
20.4 Sansom and CarrLast Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green
+20 Task, MPG "History" and "Crime"
Task total: 20
Season total: 670
15-2 BBRH. Read a book with the same number of words in the title as your BBR.
BBR is Sharpe's Rifles by Bernard Cornwell ( 2 words)
Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War by Ben Macintyre
+15 Task
Season Total 230
10.8 TheaterMuch Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
+10 Task
+25 Oldies, pub. 1598
+10 Combo: 10.6, 20.3
Task total: 45
Season total: 715
20.3 Franscine Pascal and Nelson DeMillePromise Meby Richard Paul Evans
20+ books
Task +20
Grand Total: 145
20.10 The _____ of _____ (Joanna's task)The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter by Jessica Harrison
+20 Task
Points this post: 20
RwS total: 135
BBR total: -
Season Total: 135
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10.10 Group ReadsParakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino
+10 Task (written by author of Beautyland)
+15 Combo: 10.2: The Bride takes the train from NYC to the wedding venue on Long Island; 10.4; 20.2: The Bride and Simone talk about their mother and childhood among other things
Task total: 25
Season total: 740
10.2 Holiday TravelEveryone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
set almost wholly on 'The Ghan'
10 task
5 combo 20.4 mystery + crime
_______
15
Running total: 260
20.10 The ____ of ______The Case of the Canterfell Codicil by P.J. Fitzsimmons
20 task
5 combo 20.4 (mystery + historical mystery)
______
25
Running total: 285
Task 20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb Carr:Read a book by C.J. Sansom, Caleb Carr, or any book with at least two of the following MPGs listed: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Crime, History.
Book has following MPGs: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Crime
To see MPG 'Crime' click "more" button.
Combo:
20.2 Bechdel Test
Our Heroine Daisy discusses with her good friend (and sidekick!) Floria whether a painting is a multi-million dollar original, or an inexpensive reproduction being presented as a multi-million dollar original.
Death at a Country Mansion (Daisy Thorne Mystery #1) (2020) by Louise R. Innes
+20 Task
+05 Combo (#20.2)
Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25
Grand Total: 170 + 25 = 195
10.7 Verity (Coralie's Task):City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers #1 by Adrian Tchaikovsky
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.3 - https://www.fantasticfiction.com/t/ad... )
+5 Jumbo (500p)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 460
10.2 Holiday TravelEastbound by Maylis de Kerangal
The book is set on a Trans-Siberian train.
Task total: 10
Season total: 255
10.1 Stylish Sci-FiOrbital by Samantha Harvey
+10 Task (Literary Fiction and Science Fiction)
Post total = 10
Season total = 355
10.2 Poll 1: Holiday Travel (planes, trains and automobiles)The Christmas Train by David Baldacci
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.3 - https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/da... )
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 475
Broken Book Report15.5 - BBR
BBR Book - Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
Task E - Read another book by the same author who wrote your BBR.
Triptych by Karin Slaughter
Task total: 20
Grand total: 235
Broken Book Report15.6 - BBR
BBR Book - Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
Task F - Read a book with a top-three MPG which is also a top-three MPG of your BBR.
Fractured by Karin Slaughter - crime, mystery, thriller
Task total: 20
Grand total: 255
15.4 Broken Book Report A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
F. Read a book with a top-three MPG which is also a top-three MPG of your BBR. = mystery
The Doorbell Rang by Rex Stout
15 task
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15
Running total: 300
20.3 Frascine Pascal and nelson DeMilleChristmas Cupcake Murderby Joanne Fluke
author wrote 20+ books #27 in this series
Task +20
Grand Total: 165
15.9 BBRThe Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books #1) by K.J. Charles
C. Read a book set in the same city/country/world as your BBR: Kent, England
BBR book: The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club #4) by Richard Osman
+25 Task
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 500
20.4 - C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrBlack Reed Bay by Rod Reynolds
+20 task - mystery, crime
Task total: 20
Grand total: 275
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.1 – Classics, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction ,20.3)
+10 Aged (1931 – 2019)
+5 Oldies (pub 1980)
Task total: 45
Grand total: 520
15.5 Broken Book Report A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
A. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same first name as a character from your BBR.
Ruth Zardo (character)
The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
20 task
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20
Running total: 320
10.7 Verity (Coralie's task)Suspense and Sensibility: Or, First Impressions Revisited by Carrie Bebris
+10 Task
+10 Combo 10.5 (2005), 20.4 (Mystery & HF)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 365+20=385
20.6 Akira ToriyamaSaint Bernadette of Lourdes: The Girl Who Saw Mary by Jin-a Ahn
+20 Task
+10 Combo 10.2 (two frames of Bernadette waiting then riding a train from Lourdes to Nevers, France, July 4, 1866.); 20.2 mostly women asking Bernadette about her life and visions and then working with her and nursing her at the convent in Nevers where she died in 1879.
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 385+30=415
10.8 TheaterThe Tempest by William Shakespeare
+10 Task
+15 Combo 10.1 (classics and fantasy), 10.6 (WS), 20.3
+25 Oldie (published 1611)
Task Total: 50
Season Total: 415+50=465
Task 15.H BBRBBR book = All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) (2017) by Martha Wells
H. Read a book with the same number of words in the title as your BBR.
Three Word Title
(Note: "Stories" is sub-title; so Title is 3 words, 'Dogs and Monsters')
Dogs and Monsters: Stories (2024) by Mark Haddon (Hardback 273 pages)
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 195 + 15 = 210
15.6 BBR2, Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenI. Read a book originally written in a different language than the one your BBR was originally written in: originally written in English; 15.6 selection originally written in Japanese.
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
+20 Task
Task total: 20
Season total: 760
20.6 Akira ToriyamaBD de l'avent 2024
+20 Task
Task total = 20
Points total = 135
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20.6 Akira ToriyamaPlouheran: À vélo, de la Bretagne à l'Iran by Isabel Del Real
+20 Task
Task total = 20
Points total = 155
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20.5 Tom SpanbauerThe Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home by Catherynne M. Valente
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.2 - September discussed with several female characters such as The Blue Wind, Maud, Lye and Blunderbuss ; 20.3 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathery...)
Task total = 30
Points total = 185
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BBR book = The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
I. Read a book originally written in a different language than the one your BBR was originally written in.
BBR book written in English, this book written in Norwegian
Brightly Shining by Ingvild H. Rishøi
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Grand total = 315