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10.1 Member Lotto Kathleen (itpdx), "Back to Basics"Walking: One Step At a Time by Erling Kagge
Included are his reflections of walking across Antartica
+10 task
+10 not a novel
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 350
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20.6 Reducing EmissionsThe Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet John Green
+20 task
+10 not a novel
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 330
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20.3 Climate PolicyMarch: Book Two by John Lewis
Lews is a Representative, and this is the story of his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement
Graphic Novel, no styles
+20 task
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 300
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15.4 - CYOA - Scifi PathStep 2: Read a book set in the far future
Old Man's War by John Scalzi
+15 task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 280
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15.3 - CYOA - Scifi PathStep 1: Read a book with a MPG of SciFi
Neuromancer by William Gibson
+15 task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 265
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10.3 April showers:Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker
+10 task
+10 not a novel (short stories)
+10 combos (20.2 - Philip K. Dick Award (2020), Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for "In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind" (2014); 20.8 - "He tried to explain the feeling to Susan over a beer on her tiny screen porch.")
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 250
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Yes, Botswana works, it just doesn’t get the extra points for being an unfinished Project One country
20.8 Temple Bar Pub (Anika's task)Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
'Two whiskies, drunk late and in desolation, announce their presence in my temples.
+20 task
+10 not a novel
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 220
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20.3 Climate PolicyMarch: Book One by John Lewis
Lews is a Representative, and this is the story of his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement
Graphic Novel, no styles
+20 task
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 190
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20.2 Carbon RemovalPoverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
Audie Award for Non-Fiction (2024), Goodreads Choice Award for Nonfiction (2023), Libby Award Nominee for Best Audiobook (2024)
+20 task
+10 not a novel
+5 combo (20.10, see this list https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...)
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 170
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15.2 - CYOA - Scifi PathStep 3 - Character has a cat
We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida
Everyone receives a cat, but in the last story the Geisha had previously owned another cat for a year
+15 task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 135
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15.1 - CYOA - Scifi PathStep 8 - Read a memoir or biography
All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley
+15 task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 120
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Apple wrote: "Apple wrote: "It Looks like I won't be reading in order (a challenge with holds and not finishing what I have started because ... too many library books, and my first book is my own!), so here is m..."And another change:
1) MPG Sci Fi - Neuromancer by William Gibson
2) Far Future - Old Man's War by John Scalzi
3) Character who has a cat - We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida
4) Siamese (Set in South East Asia) : The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw (Malaysia)
5) Pad Thai (contains all letters) : Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
6) Outer Space (book set in): Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
7) 5 star read active RWS member: The Holder of the World by Bharati Mukherjee (Anika)
8) Memoir / Biography : All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley
9) Ratings (read a book with less than 5k):Democracy by Joan Didion (3943 ratings as of posting)
10) Visit another shelf (MPG Thriller): The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler
Apple wrote: "It Looks like I won't be reading in order (a challenge with holds and not finishing what I have started because ... too many library books, and my first book is my own!), so here is my plan ... P..."
And I am already changing ...
1) MPG Sci Fi - Neuromancer by William Gibson
2) Far Future - Old Man's War by John Scalzi
3) Character who has a cat - The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
4) Siamese (Set in South East Asia) : The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw (Malaysia)
5) Pad Thai (contains all letters) : Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
6) Outer Space (book set in): Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
7) 5 star read active RWS member: The Holder of the World by Bharati Mukherjee (Anika)
8) Memoir / Biography : All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley
9) Ratings (read a book with less than 5k):Democracy by Joan Didion (3943 ratings as of posting)
10) Visit another shelf (MPG Thriller): The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler
It Looks like I won't be reading in order (a challenge with holds and not finishing what I have started because ... too many library books, and my first book is my own!), so here is my plan ... Path - Sci Fi
1) MPG Sci Fi - Neuromancer by William Gibson
2) Far Future - Old Man's War by John Scalzi
3) Character who has a cat - The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
4) Siamese (Set in South East Asia) : The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw (Malaysia)
5) Pad Thai (contains all letters) : Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
6) Outer Space (book set in): Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
7) 5 star read active RWS member: The Holder of the World by Bharati Mukherjee (Anika)
8) Memoir / Biography : M Train by Patti Smith
9) Ratings (read a book with less than 5k):Democracy by Joan Didion (3943 ratings as of posting)
10) Visit another shelf (MPG Thriller): The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler
20.1 Adaptation and Resilience:Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher
A retelling of Beauty and the Beasts (with an update on what actually happened to Beauty), with a sassy, fallen-down-in-the-world gardening girl, and a somewhat sarcastic Beast, who has a hobby making clockwork objects.
The story is not going to surprise or shock in any way, it keeps pretty much to the original, it's just an update in terms of an independent, capable girl, and a Beast who is considerate and is able to be self deprecating in regards to his role as a captor. A nice back story for the cause of the curse and the characters involved.
If you like T. Kingfisher, you are going to enjoy this.
+20 task
+10 review
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 105
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10.5 Tom Robbins:A Catalogue of Catastrophe by Jodi Taylor
I have now read an awful lot of The Chronicles of St Mary's now, probably in the last 6 months alone, which is probably a good recommendation, and I do love them and find them amusing, and this was still the case with this story, but sometimes, I just feel like the story has still probably run its course and doesn't need to keep going.
Sure, I would be sad if there was a world without Max and Markham, as well as all the other characters, but I feel like this story has created a new "evil institution" just to keep the story going. I am not even sure if there is a need for an "evil organisation", why can't the merry band of historians and security, with cameos from the engineers, just go exploring history. They have proven that they can get themselves into enough trouble and disaster just doing their jobs, without having to battle evil.
I still gave this 4 stars, because it is still clever and funny, but, like all good things, I do feel it is time for an end.
+10 task
+10 review
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 75
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20.1;
Yes, sorry, real countries.
20.1 Adaptation and Resilience:What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson
Made into a film starring Robin Williams, which I have not seen; but from what I have seen of the trailer I would have to say "loosely based on", for anyone who has seen the film
I did not realise that this was the same author as I Am Legend, which I have also not seen, although I have watched the original adaptation "The Omega Man" several times (and not by choice, my husband is obsessed!), but on reflection, this makes sense.
Chris Nielsen dies in a car accident, but finds that there is an after life, and once he accepts his own death is able to make his way to Summerland, but his strong connection to his earthly wife makes the transition difficult and he knows that something is not right.
This will not be for everyone with it's philosophizing about the afterlife and energies, spirit, etc, but it more a story of love and faith rather than religion, it just has a heavy blanket to wrap itself in.
+20 task
+5 oldies (1978)
+10 review
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 55
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