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20.2 Edna o’Brien The Crow Trap
] Ann Cleeves 535 p. Read 21 january 2025
Passed the Bedchell test
20 task
5 combo task 20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille
5 combo task 10.4 Penguin Awareness Day
10 points aged author (71 years old)
5 points 25 to 75 years old
5 points 500-699 Pages
50 points
15.5 BBRBBR book: Starter Villain by John Scalzi
H - Same # words in title - 2
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
Task total: 20
Grand total: 250
10.1 Member LotteryBeautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
+10 Task - science fiction/literary fiction
+10 Combo (10.10; 20.2 - main character is female and talks with several female characters, including her mother, about daily life)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 270
20.1 Paul Auster & Alice Munro4321 by Paul Auster
+20 Task
+10 Aged (died age 77)
+10 Combo (10.2, 20.3)
+15 Jumbo
+0 Combo 20.2 -- in over 800 pages, no two female characters ever talk to each other about anything. Yes, the book focuses on the male main character. But it was amazing and slightly infuriating how one-note the female characters were.
Task total: 55
Grand total: 325
15.3 BBRA. My BBR book, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants has a Conservation Biologist named, James Gibbs.
The white biological father of Helen Crafts in Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo is James Smith
+15 task
Season total: 370
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Orphans of Raspay by Lois McMaster Bujold
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.2, 20.3)
+10 Aged (b 1949)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 690
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.1 classics & science fiction, 20.3)
+10 Aged (1929-2018)
+5 Oldies (pub 1969)
Task total: 45
Grand total: 735
10.2 Holiday TravelSomewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune
+10 Task (characters take a train to a hearing)
+15 Combo (20.2 - female investigator talks to female government official about the investigation/plot to take away children, 20.3, 20.5)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 350
20.3 Francine Pascal & Nelson DeMilleDie Trying by Lee Child
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.4 - Mystery, Crime; 20.2 - female main character talks to one of the female guards about the militia situation before killing her)
+5 Jumbo (567pp)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1998)
+10 Aged (auth. born 1954)
Task total: 50
Grand total: 400
20.10 The ___ of ___The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria E. Schwab
+20 Task
+5 Combo 20.2
Task total: 25
Grand total: 425
20.10 The _____ of _____ (Joanna's task):De verzamelde levens van A.J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin 224 p. Read: 21 january 2028
how it fits: English title is The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry …of…. ( the dutch translation of the word ‘of’ is ‘van’)
20 points
Season total: 70 points
20.5 Tom SpanbauerMary Anne by Daphne du Maurier
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.3 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_... , 20.4)
+10 Aged (1907-1989)
+ 5 Oldies (pub'd 1954)
Task total = 45
Season total = 635
20.4 - C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrFallen by Karin Slaughter
+20 task - mystery, crime
+10 Combo - 10.6, 20.3
Task total: 30
Grand total: 550
20.4 - C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrCriminal by Karin Slaughter
+20 task - mystery, crime
+10 Combo - 10.6, 20.3
Task total: 30
Grand total: 580
20.4 - C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrUnseen by Karin Slaughter
+20 task - mystery, crime
+10 Combo - 10.6, 20.3
Task total: 30
Grand total: 610
15.7 Broken Book Report The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
C. Read a book set in the same city/country/world as your BBR.
both set in Three Pines, Quebec
20 task
_____
20
Running total: 450
10.3 New Year's ResolutionsFramley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope Want to read Chronicles of Barsetshire. Two to go.
+10 Task
+15 combo 10.2 (two instances of characters taking train from or to Barchester and the city); 10.8: BBC radio play of each book in the series https://archive.org/details/chronicle...
20.3
+15 Oldie (1860)
+5 Jumbo (573 pages)
Task total: 45
Season total: 510+45=555
10.6 Year of the Snake:Une place : Peintresses, sculptrices, artistes : réflexions sur la présence des femmes dans l'histoire de l'art by Eva Kirilof
+10 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 10
Points total = 270
10.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; 10.6 ; … ; 10.8 ; … ; …
… ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
… ; 20.2 ; 20.3 ; … ; 20.5 ; 20.6 (x4) ; 20.7 ; … ; … ; …
20.10 The _____ of _____ (Joanna's task): Title takes that form. Blanks can be more than one word. I read The End Of Physics by David Lindley.Task Points + 20
Oldies (1993) + 5
Task Total = 25
Points Total = 135
20.5 Tom Spanbauer: Read a book by him or any book by an LGBTQ author. For this task, we will only accept authors included on this list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan.
Task Points + 20
Points Total = 155
TASK 20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille:Read any book by Francine Pascal, Nelson DeMille, or any author who has published more than 20 books.
De erfenis
Jennifer Lynn Barnes392 p. 23 january 2025
40 books on GR
20 points
+5 points task 10.1. Stylish Sci Fi MPG FANTASY
Task: 25 points
Total 70+25 points: 95 points
Kathleen (itpdx) wrote: "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
..."
I just noticed that Paul Theroux is on the American Academy Authors List and so this book qualifies for
+5 combo 20.1
And that brings my season total to 375
20.10 The _____ of _____The Journey of Marcel Grob by Sébastien Goethals
+20 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 20
Points total = 290
10.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; 10.6 ; … ; 10.8 ; … ; …
… ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
… ; 20.2 ; 20.3 ; … ; 20.5 ; 20.6 (x4) ; 20.7 ; … ; … ; 20.10
20.9 That's Not How It HappenedOnce Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman
(920 L)
From the His Dark Material series in the wikipedia page
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.3 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_...)
+10 Aged (78 years old)
Task total = 35
Points total = 325
10.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; 10.6 ; … ; 10.8 ; … ; …
… ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
… ; 20.2 ; 20.3 ; … ; 20.5 ; 20.6 (x4) ; 20.7 ; … ; 20.9 ; 20.10
Post 313:Valerie wrote: "10.1 Member Lottery - Stylish Sci-fi
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
10 task
5 combo 10.10
_____
15
Running total: 380"
+5 Combo 20.2
Post 372:Claire wrote: "TASK 20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille:
Read any book by Francine Pascal, Nelson DeMille, or any author who has published more than 20 books.
De erfenis[bookcover:De erfenis|..."
This book is classified as YA at Brooklyn Public Library, and has a Lexile score of 640, so it doesn't qualify for style points. You still get the 20 task points, just not the +5 combo. (See the FAQ for more: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Post 323:Anika wrote: "20.1 Auster and Munro
Erosion: Essays of Undoing by Terry Tempest Williams
+20 Task, on attached spreadsheet
+5 Combo: 20.2, she has many conversations with other wo..."
+10 Aged
Post 306:Joanne wrote: "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
..."
I score this as:
+5 Combo (20.3)
+5 Oldies (published 1990)
+10 Aged
So +5 to your score.
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 20.2
20.2 Edna O'BrienOne True Thing by Anna Quindlen
+20 Task (Ellen and her mother talk about literature, crafts, other women, and more)
+10 Aged (born 1952)
+ 5 Oldies (1994)
Post total = 35
Season total = 480
20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMilleNot in the Flesh by Ruth Rendell
+20 task (24 books in the Wexford series alone)
+ 5 combo (20.4-Mystery, Crime)
+10 aged (1930-2015)
Task total=35
Season total=150
10.3 New Year's ResolutionsI am, slowly, trying to read my way through the 1001 list - finally hit 270, yay!
The Twins by Tessa de Loo
+10 task
+10 aged (78, born 1946)
+10 combo (10.2 - so many train rides! And a bombed train station; 20.2 - the sisters discuss their life stories, including work and war;
Post Total = 30
Season Total = 220
10.3; ...; ...;10.6, ...; ...; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.3; ...; 20.5; 20.6
10.5 New Year New Date:The Accidental by Ali Smith
Published 2005
+10 task
+15 combo (10.6; 20.5; 20.8 - shortlisted 2006)
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 245
10.3; ...; 10.5;10.6, ...; ...; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.3; ...; 20.5; 20.6
20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb Carr:The Darkness by Ragnar Jónasson
Mystery and crime
+20 task
+10 combo (10.5 - 2015; 10.9)
Post Total = 30
Season Total = 275
10.3; ...; 10.5;10.6, ...; ...; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.2 Fetter takes a train to visit his dying mother)
+10 Non- Western (Sri Lankan)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 770
20.2 O'BrienThe Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
+20 Task: the MC, Martha Ballard, is a midwife and talks multiple women through the process of childbirth
+5 Combo: 20.4, "Historical Fiction" and "Mystery"
Task total: 25
Season total: 1045
10.5 New Year, New DateWe Never Asked for Wings by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
+10 Task, pub. 2015
+5 Combo: 20.2, Letty talks to her mother about her kids and the household and a recipe for Christmas tamales
Task total: 15
Season total: 1060
10.4 Penguin Awareness DayThe Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think by Jennifer Ackerman
10 task
______
10
Running total: 465
20.10 The ____ of ____The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
+20 task
+ 5 combo 20.2 Edna O'Brien (Badar and Homa talk about the political situation in Iran, and the Morality Police's attacks on women)
Task total: 25
Season total: 380
10.9 ScandinaviaOut Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
+10 task (set in Norway)
+10 aged (author born in 1952)
Task total: 20
Season total: 400
Task 15.F BBRBBR book = All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) (2017) by Martha Wells
F. Read a book with a top-three MPG which is also a top-three MPG of your BBR.
Top three MPG for All Systems Red
Science Fiction
Fiction
Audiobook
F. Read a book with a top-three MPG which is also a top-three MPG of your BBR.
Terminal Alliance (Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse #1) (2017) by Jim C. Hines
The top-three MPG for TERMINAL ALLIANCE are:
Science Fiction
Humor
Fiction
The matching MPG is Science Fiction
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 240 + 15 = 255
15.4 BBRF. Read a book with a top-three MPG which is also a top-three MPG of your BBR.
BBR Sharpe's Rifles by Bernard Cornwell
Wolves of Winter by Dan Jones
The matching MPG is Historcal
+15 Task
Season Total 325
20.3 Frascine Pascal and Nelson DeMille"Magician Apprentice" by Raymond E. Feist
Author wrote more than +20 books
Task +20
Aged +10 author born 1945
Oldies +5 (1982)
Book total: 35
Grand Total : 250
Note: For some reason I can't link the book and author when I click add book/author.
20.7 Best Friends ForeverNow or Never by Janet Evanovich
20 pts 20.7 Best Friends Forever. A dog, Mr. Big, helps to capture the bad guy.
5 pts 20.2 Edna O’Brien. Stephanie and Lulu discuss how they are going to capture bail jumpers
5 pts 20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille
10 pts Aged
Task Total: 40 pts
Season total: 255 pts
Post 395
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15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 … … … … …
TASK 20.1 Paul Auster and Alice Munro:Read a book by Paul Auster, Alice Munro, or by a current member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in the Literature division
Violeta
Isabel Allende 322 p. 25 january 2025
ISABEL allende has been a member since 2004
20 points
+5 points combo task 10.2 Holiday Travel: ( train ride on honeymoon)+
+5 points combo task 20.2 Edna O'Brien: bedchell test
+ 5 points 20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille: more than 20 books
+ 10 points: aged author
45 points
Total: 135 points
Task 10.10 Group ReadsRecommended by CONNIE
Combos:
10.2 Holiday Travel:
Read a book which features a train ride.
Our heroine, Marnie, took a train from London to a town in Yorkshire. P. 29: “She felt better on the TRAIN, the first of the day, claiming her forward-facing window-seat with table: the dream.”
10.6 Year of the Snake:
Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in WOOD SNAKE.
ADEKNOOSW
wooD sNake
20.2 Bechdel Test
Surprisingly NONE
You Are Here (2024) by David Nicholls (Hardback 368 pages)
+10 Task
+10 Combo (#10.2, 10.6)
Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20
Grand Total: 255 + 20 = 275
20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrThe Couple at Number 9 by Claire Douglas
+20 task (Mystery and Crime)
+ 5 combo 20.2 Edna O'Brien (Saffy and her mother Lorna talked about motherhood and mother-daughter relationships)
Task total: 25
Season total: 425
20.4 C.J. Sansom/Caleb CarrWolves Eat Dogs by Martin Cruz Smith
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.3)
+10 Aged
Task total = 35
Season total = 670
10.7 VerityFeel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You by Ali Abdaal
10 pts 10.7 Verity
Task Total: 10 pts
Season total: 265 pts
Post 400
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15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 … … … … …
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The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain by Charles Dickens
One activity on my bucket list is to read Dickens's novels, Christmas books, and other notable books.
This book was adapted to a stage performance:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hau...
+10 task
+ 5 combo 10.8 Theater
+ 5 combo 20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille (author wrote >20 books)
+15 oldie (pub 1848)
Task total: 35
Season total: 355