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20.10 The ...... of ...... The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding
+20 Task
+15 Combo (20.2, 20.3, 20.9)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 805
20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMilleThe Hunter by Richard Stark
+20 task (24 books in the Parker series)
+15 combo (10.2 MC rides a train from NYC to Albany; 20.2 two women talk about hair rinses; 20.4-Mystery, Crime)
+10 aged (1933-2008)
+ 5 Oldies (pub. 1962)
Task total=50
Season total=200
15.10 BBR2, Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenG. Read another book published the same year as your BBR: both first published 1811
Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
+30 Task
Task total: 30
+100 Finisher Bonus
Season total: 1190
20.1 Paul Auster and Alice MunroAbsolution by Alice McDermott
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.1 - Literary Fiction + Fantasy ; 20.2 - the main characters, Tricia and Charlene, have multiple conversations about the life in Saigon or charities)
+10 Aged (71 years old according to wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_M...)
Task total = 45
Points total = 370
10.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; 10.6 ; … ; 10.8 ; … ; …
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20.1 ; 20.2 ; 20.3 ; … ; 20.5 ; 20.6 (x4) ; 20.7 ; … ; 20.9 ; 20.10
10.5 New Year New DateOù le regard ne porte pas... : Intégrale by Georges Abolin
Published 2005
+10 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 10
Points total = 380
10.1 ; … ; … ; … ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; … ; 10.8 ; … ; …
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20.1 ; 20.2 ; 20.3 ; … ; 20.5 ; 20.6 (x4) ; 20.7 ; … ; 20.9 ; 20.10
10.10 Group ReadsYellowface by R.F. Kuang
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 – the main character takes the train to Philly to see her mother ; 20.2 - Junie has several conversations with women, mostly about her books)
Task total = 20
Points total = 400
10.1 ; … ; … ; … ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; … ; 10.8 ; … ; 10.10
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20.1 ; 20.2 ; 20.3 ; … ; 20.5 ; 20.6 (x4) ; 20.7 ; … ; 20.9 ; 20.10
10.4 Penguin Awareness DayThe Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
+10 Task
+20 Combo (10.2 journey to concentration camp, 10.5 2015, 20.2 two sisters discuss their relationship, 20.3)
+5 Jumbo
Points this post: 35
RwS total: 170
BBR total: -
Season Total: 170
10.1 10.2 .... 10.4 .... .... .... .... .... ....
.... 20.2 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 20.10
15.6 BBRBBR book: Starter Villain by John Scalzi
B - Same last name: Mathilda Morrison --> Morrison family
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
+20 Task
Task total: 20
Grand total: 445
Post 359 - I posted Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune+5 Combo 20.7 (the main characters have a cat)
Post total: 5
Grand total: 450
20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrThe Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
+20 Task (Historical fiction & Mystery)
+10 Combo (10.2 - early in the book a character takes a train; also train car pullmen are featured; 20.2 - two female students talk to each other and a female teacher about school, and various other convos)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 480
10.3 Poll 2: New Year's ResolutionsExiles (Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper
https://www.dymocks.com.au/top-101
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.4 )
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 795
15.6 BBRBBR book = Slow Horses by Mick Herron
B. Read a book with a character or by an author who shares the same last name as a character from your BBR.
Joe Country by Mick Herron
Lamb: character Jackson Lamb is in both books.
+20 Task
Post total = 20
Season total = 500
20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMilleThe Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary
+20 Task https://www.fantasticfiction.com/g/ro...
+ 5 Combo (20.10)
+ 5 Oldies (1956)
Post total = 30
Season total = 530
20.10 The _____ of _____ (Joanna's task):The Lost Past of Billy McQueen by Neil Alexander
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.6 - NA found in sNAke ; 20.4 )
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 825
Post 405:Marie wrote: "20.1 Paul Auster and Alice Munro
Absolution by Alice McDermott
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.1 - Literary Fiction + Fantasy ; 20.2 - the main characters, Tricia and Charle..."
You put +15 combo, but I only see two other tasks (10.1, 20.2) you are claiming as combos. I've scored this as +10, but let me know if it fits another task.
Post 294Tien 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"
This is +20 Combo -- 10.2, 20.2, 20.3, 20.7
Post 290:Deedee wrote: "Task 10.10 Group Reads
Recommended by JOANNA
Combo:
20.2 Bechdel Test
Our narrator, June Haywood, remembers talking with former roommate and fellow writer Athena Liu about Athena Liu’s new novel ..."
+5 Combo - 10.2
10.3 New Year's ResolutionsGet organized: Read a book from a personal bucket list-
Bucket List: Reading Older Fantasy
The Doomsday Book. by Connie Willis published 1992
+10 Task
+10 aged (79 yrs old)
+5 Oldies
+5 Jumbo (592 pages)
Task Total 30
Season Total 355
10.7 VerityAuthority by Jeff VanderMeer
10 task
5 combo 20.7 (MC has a cat 'El Chorizo' who is his connection to his deceased father and his only friend)
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15
Running total: 480
15.8 Broken Book ReportBBR book: A Trick of the Light
The Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
H. Read a book with the same number of words in the title as your BBR. (5)
25 task
_____
25
Running total: 505
20.4 C.J. Sansom/Caleb CarrThe King of Fools by Frédéric Dard
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.2 - a character takes a train from London to Edinburg; 20.3 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A...
- first paragraph, "published more than 300 novels"; 20.10)
+10 Aged (1921-2000)
+ 5 Oldies (pub'd 1962)
Task total = 50
Season total = 720
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Physicians of Vilnoc by Lois McMaster Bujold
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.3)
+10 Aged (born 1949)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 840
20.10 The ...... of ...... The Ten Loves of Mr. Nishino by Hiromi Kawakami
+20 Task
+10 Non-Western (Japanese)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 870
20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMilleThe Whispering Land by Gerald Durrell
+20 task
+ 5 combo 10.2 Durrell recounts taking a two night, three day train trip with a car of his collected animals including parrots, monkeys and a puma.
+10 aged
+5 oldie
Task total: 40
Season total: 415
10.6 Year of the SnakeThe Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
+10 Task (WS)
+15 Combo 20.10, 10.8, 20.3
+25 Oldie (1596)
+50 10-pointers halfway finish
Task Total: 100
Season Total: 555+100=655
20.6 Akira ToriyamaTokyo Ghoul, Tome 1 by Sui Ishida
20 pts 20.6 Akira ToriyamA
Task Total: 20 pts
Season total: 280 pts
Post 427
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15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 … … … … …
20. 7. Best friends foreverRouwdouwers
Falun Ellie Koos 235 p. Read 30 january 2025Dogs Bella and Lutien. They are the companions that help her get through the hard days in Galicia, who keep er warm and are a symbol of her relation with Molina
+5 combo task 10.3 (list nominated for book prizes in 2025)
25 points
Total 165 points
20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrThe Council of Justice by Edgar Wallace
+20 Task (Mystery & Crime)
+20 Combo (10.2 "...Poiccart went by the afternoon train...", 10.6 E & W, 20.3, 20.10)
+10 Oldies (pub 1908)
Points this post: 50
RwS total: 220
BBR total: -
Season Total: 220
10.1 10.2 .... 10.4 .... .... .... .... .... ....
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
.... 20.2 .... 20.4 .... .... .... .... .... 20.10
10.7 Title word ends in “ITY” – “Fragility”The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy by Martha C. Nussbaum.
Task Points = 10
Combo Points = 10 (20.3. Nussbaum has at least 30 books pub’d in English on her GR homepage: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... , 20.10 “The Fragility of Goodness” fits the formula.)
Style – Aged = 10 b. 1947
Style – oldies = 5 1st pub’d 1986
Style – Jumbo = 5 592 pp.
Total Points This Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 195
Task 20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille:Read any book by any author who has published more than 20 books
Here’s the bibliography for author Jenn McKinlay: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/je...
Combo:
20.2 Bechdel Test
The protagonist, librarian Lindsey Norris, and the Chief of Police, Emma Plewicki, discuss the murder of a visitor to their town.
20.7 Cat or Dog
Our protagonist, Lindsey Norris, and her husband have a dog named Heathcliff, p. 171: “a hairy black stray dog that she’d adopted when he’d been dumped into the book drop at the library”. He barks – loudly – when people are on the doorstep of Lindsey & husband’s house.
A Merry Little Murder Plot (Library Lover's Mystery #15) (2024) by Jenn McKinlay (Hardback 308 pages)
+20 Task
+10 Combo (#20.2, 20.7)
Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30
Grand Total: 280 + 30 = 310
10.10 Group ReadsJames by Percival Everett
+10 Task, thanks for the recommendation, Mary!
+5 Combo: 20.3, despite the outdated info in his GR bio, he has published more than 20 books
Task total: 15
Season total: 1205
20.10 The________of________The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl
+20 Task
+5 Combo: 10.4, "Crows"
Task total: 1230
20.3 Frascine Pascal and Nelson DeMilleEye Spyby Mercedes Lackey
author wrote +20 books
Task +20
Aged +10 (74 years old)
Book total: 30
Grand Total: 280
15.3 BBRBBR book = Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
Task G: same pub year
Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky
+15 Task (both published in 1872)
Task total =15
Season total = 250
20.2 Edna O’BrienThe Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
+20 Task (Passes the Bechdel test. Essun is a female character who talks with other women, including Ykka and Tonkee, about leading the community, fighting raiders, history, how to save the earth and more.)
Task total =20
Season total = 270
20.8 International Women’s YearWestern Lane by Chetna Maroo
20 pts 20.8 International Women’s Year. Nominated for 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction
5 pts 20.2 Edna O’Brien. Gopi and Aunt Ranjan talk about Gopi continuing to play squash
Task Total: 25 pts
Season total: 305 pts
Post 437
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▪️Task 10.8 Theater (Valerie's Task): Read a play or a book that has been adapted into a play ▪️The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton 276 p. 31 january 2025▪️ Made in a play in 1916
https://www.historymatterscelebrating...
10 points
+ Combo 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. 5 points
+combo task 20.10 The _____ of _____ (Joanna's task) 5 points
+ Aged 10 points (1862-1937)
+ oldies 10 points ( 1905)
Total task: 40 points
Total: 205 points
20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMille: An author who has published more than 20 books
Wrath of a Mad God by Raymond E. Feist
+20 Task
Season Total 375
20.5 Tom SpanbauerA Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
+20 Task
Points this post: 20
RwS total: 240
BBR total: -
Season Total: 240
10.1 10.2 .... 10.4 .... .... .... .... .... ....
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.... 20.2 .... 20.4 20.5 .... .... .... .... 20.10
20.5 Tom SpanbauerThe Lost Language of Cranes by David Leavitt
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.4, 20.3 - https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/da... ; 20.10)
+ 5 Oldies (pub'd 1986)
Task total = 40
Season total = 760
10.5 New Year New Date:
Ragnar Jónasson part 1 in series 224 p. 2 february 2025Publication year 2015
Combo
+ 5 points 10.9 10.9 Scandinavia (Norma's Task) (Iceland)
15 points
Total: 220 points
Deedee A- "Literary Fiction,"
AND
B--"Fantasy,"
Return to the Enchanted Island by Johary Ravaloson
+Task 10
+ Non-Western 10 - Author is from Madagascar
Task Total 20
Season total 395
10.8 TheaterThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
+10 Task (Has been adapted into a play - here’s one recent example: https://fpatheatre.com/production/the...)
+5 Combo (10.1 - MPGs Classics and Fantasy)
+10 Oldies (pub’d 1942)
Task total =25
Season total = 295
15.6 BBRBBR When Red Is Black by Qiu Xiaolong
Enigma of China by Qiu Xiaolong
20 pts. 15.6 BBR E. Read another book by the same author who wrote your BBR.
Task Total: 20 pts
Season total: 325 pts
Post 445
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20.7 Best Friends Forever (Owlette's task)Verse and Vengeance by Amanda Flower
+20 Task: Emerson, a tuxedo cat, lives in the Magical Bookshop. He is described as a roommate, not a pet. He enjoys riding in the MC's bicycle basket.
+10 Combo 20.2 Daisy and Violet co-own the bookshop and discuss details about running it. 20.3 (59 distinct works listed on GR)
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 655+30=685
Joanna wrote: "Post 405:Marie wrote: "20.1 Paul Auster and Alice Munro
Absolution by Alice McDermott
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.1 - Literary Fiction + Fantasy ; 20.2 - the main chara..."
Ah you're right, only 10 combo points - sorry for the miscalculation !
20.4 C.J. Sansom and Caleb CarrAll the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
Mystery + Crime
+20 Task
Task total =20
Points total = 415
10.1 ; … ; … ; … ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; … ; 10.8 ; … ; 10.10
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20.1 ; 20.2 ; 20.3 ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; 20.6 (x4) ; 20.7 ; … ; 20.9 ; 20.10
10.2 Poll 1: Holiday Travel Miss Charity : L'enfance de l'art
Charity takes the train to visit her cousins
+10 Task
No style point, graphic novel
Task total = 10
Points total = 425
10.1 ; 10.2 ; … ; … ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; … ; 10.8 ; … ; 10.10
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20.1 ; 20.2 ; 20.3 ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; 20.6 (x4) ; 20.7 ; … ; 20.9 ; 20.10
20.3 Francine Pascal and Nelson DeMilleThe Christmas Kid: And Other Brooklyn Stories by Pete Hamill
+20 task (23 books on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Ha...)
+ 5 combo (10.2 "we took a Pullman to Florida, the two of us sleeping in the train, and it made clackety clack sounds all through the night, and soon we could smell the oranges" pg. 48)
+10 aged (1935-2020)
Task total=35
Season total=235
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+10 task - 2025
Task total: 10
Grand total: 620