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20.1 Play Ball! Read a book that has been shelved at least 10 times as baseball.20.2 General Manager - Read a book by one of these Global Thinkers (either 2005 or 2008 list)
20.3 Cy Young Award is named for pitching great Cy Young (1867-1955). Read a book published in Cy Young's lifetime.
20.4 Baseball Hall of Fame is in Cooperstown, New York. Read a book by one of the authors on this NYS Writers Hall of Fame list or for the Texas League Hall of Fame, read a book by one of the authors on this Texas Literary Hall of Fame list.
20.5 Play by Play announcer - Read a book by an author that has earned a living as a journalist. Ideally, their goodreads bio or wiki entry should mention their journalism career. When claiming points for this task, please provide a link referencing the authors status as a journalist.
20.6 MLB 32 Teams Read a book that the page count includes both a 3 and a 2 (GR most popular English language print edition).
20.7 Four-bagger - read a book from a tetralogy (Examples)
20.8 Baseball Team Read a novel that is told through the eyes of two or more characters and has more than 9 named characters.. Examples may be found here: Ensemble books
20.9 Baseball Diamond Read a book by an author who was born in one of these top Diamond producing countries: Russia, Canada, Botswana, Angola, South Africa, Nambia, Australia, Congo, Lesotho, Sierra Leone
20.10 World Series Read a novel set primarily (more than half) in one of the cities which has won a world series World Series Champions locations
World Series Champions (non-Excel link)
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10.2 Go visit the neighbors Read a book found on the group bookshelves of the Books Stephen King Recommends group OR the Victorians! group.
10.3 Vacation Reading! Read a book that contains a type of body of water in the title (ocean, sea, lake, river, stream, creek, etc.).
10.4 U's Have it! Summer, June, July, August all have U as a second letter. Read a book with a word in the title that has a U as the second letter or an author whose name has u as a second letter. Ex The Hunt for Red October, The Quilter’s Legacy, Judy Blume, Richard Russo.
10.5 August 10 - Smithsonian Day Read one of these historical novels. (note there are two tabs)
10.6 Reading is Rewarding The James Black Tait prize is awarded during the summer months. Read one of these prior winners, either fiction or biography.
10.7 August 21 - Poet's Day Read a book of poetry.
10.8 Fathers Day Read one of these family saga novels.
10.9 Design your own task! Write a task for yourself! If you repeat this task (can be used 3 times total), you must use the same task each time. Cannot be used as a combo.
10.10 In Memory In memory of our scorekeeping database designer, read a book where the author name (first or last) is Richard, Rich, or Dick. These are the only forms which apply.