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Owlette wrote: "I think I am going to use Favorites from Summer 2023 as mentioned by Elizabeth. I have selected the books and now I need to choose a task for each. Can I choose 20-point tasks from 2024 and 2025 as..."Only Subchallenges can be used , not 20 point tasks unless they are designates as a subchallenge (ie SU2024 Opening Ceremonies.)
All Subchallenges prior to this season can be found here
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It is the only one that there was a query on, and I queried it simply because of the different format and how it would work because it was different from the norm, there was no question about it being a subchallenge.
Correct, original scoring and finisher bonuses do not apply. I guess, for me personally, it would be the difference that there are 75 potential tasks in the Bingo which makes it different from the standard 10. The original scoring was in blocks of 10, but if you chose Bingo, would you only do Bingo (this would be how I played it if I chose it, because I would want to finish the Bingo board), or are you only doing 10 tasks.
This does not reflect the thoughts of the moderators en masse, but perhaps explains why there was some thinking behind it :)
15.7 - CYOA - Scifi PathStep 10 - MPG Thriller
Death Deserved by Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger
+15 task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 850
10.1 (x2); 10.2;10.3; 10.4; 10.5 (x3); ...; 10.7 (x3); ...; 10.9; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7;
20.1 (x3); 20.2; 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6 (x2); 20.7; 20.8 (x3); 20.9; 20.10
10.7 Singing Season (Karen Michele's task):Just Kids by Patti Smith
Smith is a singer
+10 task
+10 not a novel
+5 comb (20.2 - National Book Award for non-fiction 2010 & NAIBA Book of the Year 2010)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 835
10.1 (x2); 10.2;10.3; 10.4; 10.5 (x3); ...; 10.7 (x3); ...; 10.9; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x3); 20.2; 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6 (x2); 20.7; 20.8 (x3); 20.9; 20.10
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We are discussing, Bingo was different to the standard subchallenge, but I think there has been some agreement about how to make it work. Stay tuned!
20.6 Reducing Emissions:Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda
+20 task
+10 not a novel (short stories)
+5 combo (10.3 - a reservoir is a body of water)
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 810
10.1 (x2); 10.2;10.3; 10.4; 10.5 (x3); ...; 10.7 (x2); ...; 10.9; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x3); 20.2; 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6 (x2); 20.7; 20.8 (x3); 20.9; 20.10
10.5 Tom Robbins:Hard Time by Jodi Taylor
+10 task
+5 jumbo
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 775
10.1 (x2); 10.2;10.3; 10.4; 10.5 (x3); ...; 10.7 (x2); ...; 10.9; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x3); 20.2; 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6; 20.7; 20.8 (x3); 20.9; 20.10
20.10 True/False (Joanna's task):The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
+20 task
+5 combo (20.1 - made into a film)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 760
10.1 (x2); 10.2;10.3; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); ...; 10.7 (x2); ...; 10.9; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x3); 20.2; 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6; 20.7; 20.8 (x3); 20.9; 20.10
20.9 I Bless the Rains Down in Africa...(Apple's task):Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou
Set in the Republic ofCongo
+20 task
+10 combo (20.2 - Hurston/Wright Legacy Award & Prix de l'Algue d'Or ; 20.5 - nominated for Aspen award in 2018)
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 735
10.1 (x2); 10.2;10.3; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); ...; 10.7 (x2); ...; 10.9; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x3); 20.2; 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6; 20.7; 20.8 (x3); 20.9
20.7 Senior Sleuth's (Owlette's task):At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie
Miss Marple is on the first list
+20 task
+5 oldies
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 705
10.1 (x2); 10.2;10.3; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); ...; 10.7 (x2); ...; 10.9; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x3); 20.2; 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6; 20.7; 20.8 (x3)
10.7 Singing Season (Karen Michele's task):M Train: A Memoir by Patti Smith
Smith is a singer
+10 task
+10 not a novel
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 680
10.1 (x2); 10.2;10.3; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); ...; 10.7 (x2); ...; 10.9; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x3); 20.2; 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x3)
10.4 Mother's Day:The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
#49 on the list
+10 task
+10 oldies
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 660
10.1 (x2); 10.2;10.3; 10.4; 10.5 (x2); ...; 10.7; ...; 10.9; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x3); 20.2; 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x3)
20.1 Adaptation and Resilience:":Made into a film, which I saw this last weekend!
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
+10 task
+10 not a novel
+10 combo (10.1 - the couple of the memoir walk the Coastal path of the UK and "wild camp" once they lose their home; 20.8 - whilst I think there is more than one occasion, there is a specific occasion where they are invited to someone's home and given dinner, and Moth has a beer)
Task Total: 40
Season Total: 640
10.1 (x2); 10.2;10.3; ...; 10.5 (x2);...; 10.7; ...; 10.9; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6;
20.1 (x3); 20.2; 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); ...; 20.6; ...; 20.8 (x3)
I have lots of countries, but I am pretty sure that is the only one on the list
Thanks Elizabeth, I am doing Around the World, and have Australia and VANUATU ( a country yet to finish!!!) for Oceania, although I noted that for some reason on the circumnavigator spreadsheet it is listed as Australasia. Whilst we are a single island continent, the grouping of Oceania should be the correct consideration for any task regarding continents.
And no one steal my Vanuatu!!!! 🤪
I have had a few issues making reading difficult, so this has been on the slide. I didn’t know that site had lapsed. Will have a look when I finish work, thanks.
UPDATED 26/06/25I have found sticking to a plan is not a strong point for me, so I have lots of options, depending which rabbit hole my brain feels like taking me down next season ...
Plan 1 - Celebration of Styles (Fall 2023)
Styles, none can be used more than 5 times
Lost in Translation
Non Western
1001
Canon
Not a Novel
Aged
Young
Now Planning to potentially do this twice, and I am not grouping them into separate groups, as they will probably jump around as books become available, or take my fancy ...
Completed x 1
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (1001)
Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans by Elise Downing (NaN)
Nevada by Imogen Binnie(Young/46)
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War by Leymah Gbowee (Liberia/Africa)
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami (Japan/Non Western)
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe(1001)
69 by Ryū Murakami (Japan/Non Western)
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (Young/39)
The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho (Aged/77)
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne (NaN)
Plan 2 - Growing Genres (Spring 2023)
10 books from the same genre. Books must be published no fewer than 5 years apart and must cover an overall spread of at least 50 years. Chosen genre - Sci-Fi
Starter Villain by John Scalzi(2023)
Early Riser by Jasper Fforde (2018)
Redshirts (2012) or The Human Division (2013) by John Scalzi
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2003)
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis(1997)
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (1990)
Contact by Carl Sagan (1985)
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick (1977)
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin (1972)
Ice by Anna Kavan (1967)
Plan 3 - Author to Author (Summer 2014)
First, select a book you read for the spring challenge and go to the author’s page.
To find your first book, click on “Similar authors” and read a book written by one of the authors shown. For your second book, read a book by an author on the “Similar authors” page for the author of your first book. For the third book, read a book by an author that is on the similar authors page for the author of the second book, and so on ... Chosen Author - Olivia Laing (The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise)
Smiling In Slow Motion by Derek Jarman
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch
Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote
Drown by Junot Díaz
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
Old Filth by Jane Gardam
The Light of Day by Graham Swift
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
Plan 4: Spring 2012 Around the World
Read 10 books, set in 10 different countries, with no continent being visited more than twice.
A book qualifies for a country if two of the following criteria are met*:
A) Author born in said country
B) Author's nationality residency is of said country
C) Book takes place in said country
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (Germany/Europe)
This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwee/Africa)
Plan 5: Spring 2016 Waters of the World
Read 10 books representing 10 different countries by using the following criteria.
A book represents a country if at least two of the following are true:
A) Author is born in the country
B) Author's nationality is of the country
C) Book takes place primarily in the country (at least 75%)
Choose your books based on the countries that border these Waterways of the World. You can use either the links here to see those countries or use this spreadsheet.
War with the Newts by Karel Čapek (Czech Republic / Baltic Sea)
The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany (Egypt / Nile River Basin)
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh (State of Palenstine / Mediterranean Sea)
On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle (Denmark / North Sea)
December Breeze by Marvel Moreno (Columbia/ Pacific Ocean)
Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías (Uruguay / Atlantic Ocean)
Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat (Haiti / Caribbean Sea)
The Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère (France / Rhine River Basin)
The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone (Italy / Adriatic Sea)
A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam (Sri Lanka / Indian Ocean)
Plan 6: Winter 2013/2014 Travel the Pacific Rim
Read 10 books, from 10 different countries according to the list in post 2.
A book qualifies for a country if two of the following criteria are met:
A) Author born in said country
B) Author's nationality is of said country
C) Book takes place in said country (90%)
Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes by Chantha Nguon (Cambodia)
Memories of a Pure Spring by Dương Thu Hương (Vietnam)
Of Ants and Dinosaurs by Liu Cixin (China )
The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw (Malaysia)
The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami (Japan)
Human Acts by Han Kang (South Korea)
The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea by Bandi(North Korea)
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev (Russia)
Original bonuses do not apply for this season, but you can choose to do tasks in whichever way you choose from the previous description ( I know many tasks had different possible routes you could take for different rewards).It is Summer, and whilst we still like a challenge, it is a little more relaxed than other seasons
I am currently away and have visited 3 bookshops in 2 days, so it doesn’t need to be said that I have spent my daughter’s inheritance!( Actually travelling to see a Frida Kahlo exhibition, the bookshops have just been a bonus. The walking, not do much for my arthritic knee!)
