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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie
+20 Task
Task Total: 20 pts
Grand Total: 275 pts

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.4 Popular Genre
+5 Combo 20.5 R K Narayan (novels, short stories, plays)
+10 Oldie..."
Sorry Rachel, this one is YA assignment at BPL and has a lexile of 700, so no styles. I've been caught out by Christie many times myself, so it's always best to check.

The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless by Eliza Haywood
+20 Task (drama, novels, poetry, per GR)
+20 Oldies, p. 1751
+5 Jumbo
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 50
Grand Total: 250

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink
+10 task (confirmed in thread post 179)
+5 combo (10.7)
+5 multiple
+5 jumbo (558 pages)
+10 not a novel (nonfiction)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 425
Task Total:

Madmen and Specialists: A Play by Wole Soyinka
(author born /nationality/setting)
task +15
grand total = 360

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
+20 task
+10 not-a-novel
+25 oldies
+5 multiple
Task total: 60
Grand total: 1220

Amyntas by André Gide
(author born /nationality)
task +25
grand total = 385

Zero K by Don DeLillo
+20 Task (in help thread)
+ 5 multiple
Task Total = 25
Season total: 70

Acts of Worship: Seven Stories by Yukio Mishima
(author born /nationality/setting)
Task +25
Grand total = 410

Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood
+10 Task (128 pages)
+5 Multiple
+5 Oldies (published 1977)
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 590

No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe
task +20
combo +10 (10.8- professor, 20.5)
oldie +5 (1980)
total= 35
grand total = 445

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
task +10
combo +5 (10.7)
oldie +15 (1817)
total = 30
grand total = 475

Read any work by an author who has published in multiple forms.
The Drowned World (1962) by J.G. Ballard (Paperback, 176 pages)
+20 Task
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1941-1991)
Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25
Grand Total: 390 + 25 = 415

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(author born /nationality/setting)
task = 35
grand total = 510

A Traveller's History of India by Sinharaja Tammita-Delgoda
task +20
not a novel +10
total = 30
grand total = 540

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
task +10
combo +10 (20.3, 20.5)
oldie +5 (1981)
total=25
grand total=565

State of Wonder By Ann Patchett
10 task
5 combo (20.6, this was approved)
___
15
Running total: 605

Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys by Billy Crystal
task +20
not a novel +10
total= 30
grand total= 595

Tales of a Traveller by Washington Irving
task +10
oldie +15 (1824)
not a novel +10 (short stories)
total= 35
grand total= 630

Joanna wrote: "20.2 Graham Greene
John Sherman / Dhoya by W.B. Yeats
+20 Task
+10 Not a novel (short stories)
+20 Combo (20.1, 20.4, 20.5, 20.6)
+10 Oldies (1891)
Task total: 60
G..."
I am sorry, Joanna, but these two stories do not qualify as a collection of short stories for not a novel points.

Ed wrote: "20.1-William Shakespeare
The Doctor is Sick by Anthony Burgess
task +20
combo +10 (20.2, 20.5)
oldie +5 (1960)
total= 35
grand total= 295"
+5 Combo 10.8

What? ha, ha... you can't read my mind!."
I do try to limit my mind-reading exploits to the second Tuesday of each week. Thanks for the information. :)

Ed wrote: "20.5-R.K. Narayan
A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark
task +20
oldie +5 (1988)
total = 25
grand total = 345"
+5 Combo 10.8

Karen Michele wrote: "10.4-Popular Genre
The Drowning by Camilla Läckberg
+10 Task
Grand Total: 1035"
+5 Multiple

Summertime by J.M. Coetzee
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.2, 20.5-approved)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 30

Cell by Robin Cook
+10 Task (doctor-approved)
+10 Combo (10.2, 10.7)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 50

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.6, 10.7)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 70

Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
+10 Task
+10 Oldies (1923)
+15 Combo (10.8, 20.4, 20.5)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 105

A World of Love byElizabeth Bowen
+20 Task
+5 Oldies (1955)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 130

This Boy by Alan Johnson
+20 Task
+5 combo (10.7 Alan)
+10 Not-a-novel (non-fiction)
Points this post: 35
Grand Total: 725

A Cold-Blooded Business by Dana Stabenow
+10 task
+ 5 combo (10.7)
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 20
Grand Total: 1100

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.4 Popular Genre
+5 Combo 20.5 R K Narayan (novels, short st..."
:( BOO
never crossed my mind that Christie would be YA will check from now on thanks!

Joanna wrote: "20.2 Graham Greene
John Sherman / Dhoya by W.B. Yeats
I am sorry, Joanna, but these two stories do not qualify as a collection of short stories for not a novel points. "
Then do they qualify for 10.5?

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
+20 Task
+20 Combo (20.2, 10.2, 10.3, 10.8)
+5 Jumbo (582 pgs.)
Task total: 45
Grand total: 625

Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems of William Stafford by William Stafford
+20 Task (approved in thread)
+5 combo 10.8 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...)
+5 multiple
+10 not-a-novel (poetry)
Task total: 40
Grand total: 455

The Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver
+10 task
+5 combo (10.8 - on list)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 20

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
+10 task
+5 oldie (1966)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 20

One Step Behind: A Kurt Wallander Mystery by Henning Mankell
+10 task
+5 multiple
Task Total: 15

The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
+10 task
+10 combo (10.7, 20.5 - approved)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 605

The Skull of Charlotte Corday and other stories by Leslie Dick
+10 task
+10 not-a-novel (short stories/essays)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 25

Cooking With Memories: Recipes And Recollections by Lora Brody
+10 task
+10 not-a-novel (memories and recipes)
+5 oldie (1989)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 30

The No Spin Zone: Confrontations with the Powerful and Famous in America by Bill O'Reilly
+10 task
+5 multiple
Task Total: 15
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