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10.2 Holiday TravelThe Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas by Paul Theroux
+10 task
+5 combo 20.3
+10 aged b 1941
+5 oldie pub. 1979
Task total: 30
Season total: 335
20.3 Franscine Pascal and Nelson DeMillewritten 20+ books
The Hills Have Spiesby Mercedes Lackey
Task +20
Aged +10
Book total: 30
Grand Total: 215
Broken Book Report15.10 BBR
BBR Book - Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
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.
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
+30 task - rated 5* by Heather (Deathbybook)
+100 bonus
Task total: 130
Grand total: 475
10.6 Year of the Snake: Author's initials found in Wood Snake
Rogue Justice by Stacey
Abrams
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20,4 Mystery and Crime)
Season Total 280
10.3 Poll 2: New Year's Resolutions --Get organized: Read a book from a personal bucket list--
Bucket list- Read Older Fantasy
Magic's Promise by Mercedes Lackey
+Task 10
+ Style 5 (Combo - more than 20 books)
+ Style 10 (Oldie-age 74)
Task Total 25
Season Total 305
20.4 - C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrFirst Blood by Angela Marsons
+20 task - mystery, crime
+5 Combo - 20.3
Task total: 25
Grand total: 500
20.10 The ___ of ___The Case of the Seven Whistlers by George Bellairs
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.2: The Inspector caught the 12.30 to Liverpool from Fetling and hoped to get some sleep in the train.; 20.3 (series has 57 installments)l 20.4 - mystery/crime)
+10 Aged (1902-1982)
+10 Oldies (pub'd 1948)
Task total = 55
Season total = 535
Post 294:Tien wrote: "20.5 Tom Spanbauer:
Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles #2) by T.J. Klune
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.3 )
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 595"
+5 Combo 10.2
Post 297:Karen Michele wrote: "20.5 Tom Spanbauer
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
+20 Task
+20 Combo: 10.6 Year of the Snake / 20.2 Edna O'Brien / 20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille /..."
+5 Combo 10.8 - https://www.theguardian.com/stage/202...
Post 57:Marie wrote: "20.7 Best Friends Forever
Under 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 ..."
+5 Combo 20.3
I'm going to move a book.In post 255, I posted The Waste Lands by Stephen King to 10.2.
I want to move that to:
15.4 BBR
BBR book - Starter Villain by John Scalzi
A - same first name --> Jake appears in both books
New task total: 15
Old task total: 35
-20
Grand total: 230
10.1 Member Lottery - Stylish Sci-fiBeautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
10 task
5 combo 10.10
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15
Running total: 380
20.1 Paul Auster and Alice MunroA History of the World in 10½ Chapters by Julian Barnes
+20 Task (author is on the American Academy author list)
+5 Combo (20.3 - author has published 20+ books)
+10 Aged (author is ~78; born 1946)
+ 5 Oldies (pub’d 1989)
Task total =40
Season total = 155
10.1 Member LotteryPlayground by Richard Powers
+10 Task (Shelves: Literary fiction and Science fiction)
+5 Combo (20.1 - American Academy author)
Task total =15
Season total = 170
20.10 The ____ of ____The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.1 - American Academy author)
+10 Aged (born 1952)
+10 Non-western (Turkey)
+5 Jumbo (560 pages)
Task total =50
Season total = 220
15.2 BBRBBR book = Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
Task F: same MPG in the top 3
Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz
+15 Task (they share 2 top 3 shelves: fiction and owned)
Task total =15
Season total = 235
15.2 BBRBBR book: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
F. Same MPG both books have a top MPG of nonfiction
Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net by Jessica Calarco
Task total: 15
Season total: 355
15.10 BBRWe Solve Murders (We Solve Murders #1) by Richard Osman
E. Read another book by the same author who wrote your BBR.
BBR book: The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club #4) by Richard Osman
+30 Task
+100 Finisher
Post Total: 130
Season Total: 755
15.4 BBRBBR book = Slow Horses by Mick Herron
Task F. Read a book with a top-three MPG which is also a top-three MPG of your BBR.
The Mercy Chair by M.W. Craven
Thriller and Mystery are top-three genres for both
+15 Task
Post total = 15
Season total = 395
15.5 BBRBBR book = Slow Horses by Mick Herron
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.
The Circle by Dave Eggers
5 stars from Bonnie B https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
+20 Task
Post total = 20
Season total = 415
10.1 Stylish Sci-FiFrom the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury
+10 Task, has MPG of "Classics" and "Fantasy"
+10 Aged, lived to 91
+10 Combo: 10.2, one story takes place entirely on the Orient Express; 20.3, I stopped counting at 20 and there was still a looong list after I hit that number
Task total: 30
Season total: 960
20.1 Auster and MunroErosion: Essays of Undoing by Terry Tempest Williams
+20 Task, on attached spreadsheet
+5 Combo: 20.2, she has many conversations with other women (including essayist Rebecca Solnit) about climate change, the political landscape, and religion among other things, none of which had to do with a man/romantic interest
Task total: 25
Season total: 985
20.4 Sansom and CarrThe World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke
+20 Task, MPGs of "Mystery" and "History"
+5 Combo, 20.10
Task total: 25
Season total: 1010
10.6 Year of the SnakeThe Doctor's Wife by Sawako Ariyoshi
+10 task
+10 Non-Western (Japanese)
+ 5 Oldie (1966)
Task total: 25
Season total: 290
10.1 Member Lottery - Stylish Sci-Fi Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Literary Fiction + Science Fiction
+10 Task
+15 Combo (10.4 ; 10.6 ; 20.2 - one of the characters we follow, Anna, has conversations with he sister Maria)
+5 Jumbo (626 pages)
Task total = 30
Points total = 235
10.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; 10.8 ; … ; …
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10.6 - Year of the SnakeBroken by Karin Slaughter
+10 task KS
+5 Combo 20.3 - Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille
+5 Combo 20.4 - C.J. Sansom and Caleb Carr - mystery, crime
Task total: 20
Grand total: 520
20.3 Pascal and DeMilleThe Cellars of the Majestic by Georges Simenon
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.2 - Maigret left Paris ... As far as Lyons and further, perhaps as far as Montélimar, the train had sped through a tunnel of wet fog.; 20.4, 20.10)
+10 Aged
+10 Oldies (pub'd 1942)
Task total = 55
Season total = 590
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Prisoner of Limnos by Lois McMaster Bujold
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.3)
+10 Aged (b 1949)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 640
I would like to clean up my posts and add the following combos -In post #103 I claimed The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. I would like to add a combo for 20.1.
In post #168 I claimed The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson. I would like to add a combo for 10.4 as approved in the help thread.
In post #190 I claimed The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older. I would like to add a combo for 10.2.
I believe this brings my total to 655.
I will try not to be so lazy in future and check for posts more diligently!
10.6 Year of the SnakeI Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue
+10 task
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 10
10.9 ScandinaviaThe Winners by Fredrik Backman
+10 task (set in Sweden)
+5 Jumbo (671 pages)
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 25
20.2 Edna O'BrienAlmost Surely Dead by Amina Akhtar
+20 task (passes Bechdel test - Dunia, Nadia, and Liz all talk about who is trying to kill her, plus work)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 45
20.2 Edna O'BrienYours Cheerfully by A.J. Pearce
+20 task (passes Bechdel test - Emmy and Bunty talk about many things including their families, the war, and work)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 65
20.3 Francine Pascal & Nelson DeMilleMurder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
+20 task (Agatha Christie published more than 66 books!)
+15 combo (10.2 - frequent travel on intercity trains within Iraq, 20.2 - Nurse Amy & Miss Johnson talk about the murder, 20.4 - "mystery" and "crime" are MPGs)
+10 Aged (lived to 86)
+10 Oldies (pub 1936)
Task Total: 55
Season Total: 120
20.10 The __ of ___The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older
+20 task
+10 combo (10.2 - lots of travel between cities on the planet, approved in help thread! - 20.2 - the two main characters are female and talk about the crime throughout)
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 150
Task 15.G BBRBBR book = All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) (2017) by Martha Wells
G. Read another book published the same year as your BBR.
YEAR: 2017
Once There Was a Way: What if The Beatles Stayed Together? (2017) by Bryce Zabel (Goodreads Author) (Paperback 308 pages)
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 225 + 15 = 240
I'd like to move a book, please...Still Life by Louise Penny, claimed for task 20.2 in post 215
please move to task 10.5 New Year New Date (published 2005)
-10 pts
Season total = 405
20.5 Tom SpanbauerLes Enfants terribles by Jean Cocteau
+20 Task (posted in help thread)
+10 Oldies (1929)
+10 Aged (1889-1963)
Post total = 40
Season total = 445
15.4 BBRBBR: When Red Is Black by Qiu Xiaolong
Don't Cry, Tai Lake by Qiu Xiaolong
20 pts 15.5 B. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same last name as a character from your BBR. Chief Inspector Chen Cao is the detective in both books.
Task Total: 20 pts
Season total: 215 pts
Post 340
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10.2 Holiday TravelHeart of Iron by Ekaterina Sedia
+10 Task (train travel is a major focus)
+10 Combo: 10.6 Year of the Snake / 20.9 That's Not How It Happened
+10 Non-Western (Russia)
Task Total: 30
Grand total = 560
20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMilleWhite Crow by Marcus Sedgwick
810 Lexile
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.4 Penguin Awareness Day
Task Total: 25
Grand total: 585
20.7 Best Friends ForeverDog on It by Spencer Quinn
+20 Task: Chet the dog is the narrator and side -kick crime solver
+ 5 Combo: 20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille
+10 Aged (1947)
Task Total: 35
Grand total: 620
20.8 International Women’s Year The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin
+20 Task (Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2011)
+10 Non-Western (Nigeria, Africa)
Task Total: 30
Grand total: 650
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
20.5 Tom SpanbauerRecord of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
20 task
5 combo 20.2 (Isabel and Tasmin talk about the optics of Isabel's (alien) foreign colleague's visit as it pertains to past political happenings between species. The colleague does not have a gender, although from our perspective they would be thought of as female since they produce offspring.)
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25
Running total: 405
10.6 Year of the Snake:Murder in the Bookshop (Miss Merrill and Aunt Violet Mystery #1) by Anita Davison
author's initials, AD, found in wooD snAke
+10 Task
+10 Combo (20.2 - Hannah and Violet speak of their invetigations, family, suffrage, etc ; 20.4 )
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 775
20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMilleOuessantines by Patrick Weber
(155 distinct works on GR, also listed on wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick...)
+20 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 20
Points total = 260
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20.10 The ____ of ______The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning by P.J. Fitzsimmons
20 task
5 combo 20.4 (mystery, historical fic)
_______
25
Running total: 430
10.8 TheaterSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Wikipedia lists several adaptations to stage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_a...
+10 task
+ 5 combo 10.7 Verity
+15 oldie (pub 1811)
Task total: 30
Season total: 320
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The Queen of Spades and Other Stories by Alexander Pushkin
+20 Task
+10 Nonwestern
+15 Oldies (pub'd 1841)
Task total = 45
Season total = 480