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Norma wrote: "15.9 - FYTS - Time Traveler1968 - 2013
The Bodies Left Behind by Jeffery Deaver
+25 task
Task total: 25
Grand total: 190"
Hi Norma, I've been working on the database and notice that you have been scoring yourself incorrectly for FYTS.
15.5-15.8 should have been 25pts, not 20, so +20pts
15.9 should be 40pts, not 25 so +15
+35pts total
20.5 - London CallingThe Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Supermodel Lula Landry has jumped to her death from a balcony – or has she? Her adopted brother hires detective Cormoran Strike to look into aspects that the police have ignored. Strike, who lost a leg serving with the military in Afghanistan, has broken up with his fiancée, has no money coming in and is sleeping in his office. But with the assistance of his temporary secretary, Robin, he takes on the case.
I loved this! I was hooked from the start, especially on the character of Cormoran Strike, a many-layered personality who makes a great 'gumshoe'. The mystery was intriguing and I enjoyed seeing layers peeled away as we got to know more. Maybe the solution was a little far-fetched but it certainly kept me guessing.
+20 Task
+10 Review
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1440
10.7 - First Letter:Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Review:
This historic fiction novel is based on the story of Eyam, a small village in England. A plague epidemic broke out in 1665 and the people in the village made a unique decision: instead of trying to flee the disease and thus further spread it, they'd isolate themselves from the outside world completely, to protect the other people in the area. The novel is partly based on the historic accounts of what happened, but the characters and plot are fictional.
I enjoyed the book a lot, despite the grim topic and the many gruesome events. It was a fascinating study of how some people, when faced with disaster, rise up, take charge and do more than they ever thought they could for others. And how other people, sadly, use difficult times to use and abuse those weaker than themselves and to do horrible things.
I had two problems with the book. One was the frequent use of unfamiliar words, because the author tried to convey the time period and the occupation of the characters by using lots of archaic words and specific terms for agricultural and mining tools. It was distracting.
The other, far bigger problem, was the ending. The main part of the book flowed very well and kept me interested. Then, around 50 pages from the end, things shifted and changed very quickly. It almost seemed as if the author had just decided to wrap things up as fast as she could. It felt unrealistic and contrary to character development until that point.
+10 task
+10 review
Task total: 20
Grand total: 170
15.5 FYTS: Time Traveler1966-2016
Time's Fool by Patricia Veryan (pub 1991)
+25 Task
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1345
15.6 FYTS: Time Traveler1966-2016
Simple Jess by Pamela Morsi (1996)
+25 Task
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1370
15.7 FYTS: Time Traveler1966-2016
Rogue's Honor by Brenda Hiatt (2001)
+25 Task
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1395
15.8 FYTS: Time Traveler1966-2016
The Assignment by Evangeline Anderson (2006)
+25 Task
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1420
20.1 South AmericaWays of Going Home by Alejandro Zambra
+20 Task (born in Chile)
+5 Combo (20.7)
+10 Lost in Translation
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 1525
10.3 - HolidayP.S. I Love You - Cecelia Ahern
I took this book with me on vacation, and it was really a perfect beach read. Fluffy without being too mindless, but also nothing special. I'd also seen the movie a few times, so I knew what to expect, but there were enough differences to keep it interesting.
The characters were all a little shallow and one-dimensional, but really I wasn't expecting high literature from this one so it didn't bother me too much. Overall I think Holly was portrayed in a fairly realistic way, if not in as much depth as I would have ideally liked. My biggest issue is really that we get almost no insight into her and Gerry's relationship. There are a few snippets here and there, but not enough to really give a sense of them as a couple or to really make Gerry feel real outside of the letters.
I wasn't blown away by this one by any means, but it was perfectly enjoyable as an easy read sitting by the ocean!
+10 task
+10 review
+10 combo (10.7; 20.7)
Post total: 30
Grand total: 465
10.8 - Come to the Fair!Church of Marvels - Leslie Parry
(approved in help thread)
This is a perfect example of why you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Based on the bright, vibrant colors and the (very) little bit I knew about the story, I assumed this would be a fairly fluffy YA carnival novel. I went in with fairly low expectations, but expecting to find an enjoyable light read. I was so, so wrong!
There is a lot going on in this book. Like, a LOT. The book starts off with three distinct story lines, all of which are fairly vague and start in the middle. It's a bit confusing and disorienting, so that almost lost me. But I'm so glad I stuck with it! As things become clearer, the story really comes to life. The intricacies start to knit together in a way that is shocking, unique, and wholly satisfying. I found myself gasping at several different parts, because the turns the novel takes aren't at all predictable.
The characters, the plot, the carnival, the background of 1895 New York, the prose...everything is so detailed and so well executed. The plot flows absolutely perfectly.This novel is raw and different and surprising, and I loved every single page!
+10 task
+10 review
+5 review (10.7)
Post total: 25
Grand total: 490
10.9 - It's PersonalElla Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable - Mark Dunn
This book was honestly a lot more fun than I was anticipating! I've read a couple lipograms or other "gimmicky" books, and felt like the story got lost to the gimmick. Not so here! The plot is a ton of fun, while also not being too light and silly.
The novel is set on the independent island of Nollop, off the cost of the US. They worship Nevin Nollop, the man who coined the pangram "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." When the letters of the pangram begin slowly (and then not so slowly) falling off the statue erected 100 years prior in honor of Nollop, the government believes that it's a decree from Nollop himself and bans the use of the fallen letters, under punishment of banishment or death. The novel is written in letters, mostly between Ella Minnow Pea and her cousin Tassie. As more letters are banned, the letters between Ella and the various other characters get more and more complicated.
This book was completely delightful. It was clever, original, a little bit silly and a little bit dark. I went in thinking it might be a little too cutesy or gimmicky, but what I got was a smart, unique little novel that goes a lot of interesting places without taking itself too seriously.
+10 task
+10 review
+5 combo (20.7)
Post total: 25
Grand total: 515
15.5 - FYTS - Time Traveler - 1965-20151980 skipped
The Innocent - Ian McEwan
+15 task
+10 bonus
Post total: 25
Grand total: 530
20.1 - South AmericaThe Old Man Who Read Love Stories - Luis Sepúlveda
I started off really loving this book, then I put it down while I was away on vacation, and it just didn't grab me when I picked it back up. I'm sure part of that is on me, because of the time away and the fact that I chose to read it in French, meaning it took me a little bit more work to get back into it, but it also seemed like there was just a little bit too much to this little book.
The story is interesting: a "tourist" comes to a small amazonian village, shoots a jaguar's cubs for their pelts and leaves her mate to die. The jaguar then goes on a revenge spree against the tourist and the villagers. The mayor of the village, embarrassed by the titular old man pointing out that the tourist was killed by a jaguar and not one of the "savage" natives who live in the forest, does everything he can to involve the old man in the hunt for the jaguar. This plot is interspersed with scenes from the old man's life: his marriage, the decision to move from a larger city as a settler to the village, his wife's death soon after, his time spent living among the natives, and, of course, how he discovered his love for romance novels.
It's a very cute, quaint little story, but with a fair bit of action as well. On the whole it's well-written and well-balanced, so I really think the lack of a "spark" is on my end and not the book's!
+20 task
+10 review
+10 translation (translated from Spanish, read in French)
+5 combo (20.3 - Premio Tigre Juan 1988)
Post total: 45
Grand total: 575
15.6 FYTS -Time Leaper 1996-19411996 Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
+20 task
Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 785
10.5 Mod TaskCloudstreet by Tim Winton
Review:
This book only got 3* from me, due to the strange way that the story was organized. It took me a rather longer while to figure out who everyone was that I would have liked.
The story is Australian, and, as such, is peppered with Australian phrases and words. Although at times this made it a bit hard to understand, usually the sentence context made the meaning known. However, it felt a bit like reading a book in another language with a rudimentary knowledge of the other language. I am sure that I missed some of the richness of Mr. Winton's writing due to not knowing many of the words he used.
The story is of two families, a house, and their broken lives. It is, in the end, a story of hope, but it took Mr. Winton a long way to find that hope as much of his characters lives were very depressing.
I usually enjoy his books, but this one was a bit of a slug to get through.
+10 Task (Best Modern Australian Literature)
+ 5 Combo (10.2 - Picador)
+10 Review
Task Total: 25
10.10 Group ReadsA Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark
Review:
I really liked this book! Thanks for the recommendation, Ed. I gave it 4*.
In my mind's eye, I see Agnes sitting on a porch telling us about her youth...and then we hear this story of her days in South Kensington.
It is an entertaining story and kept my interest fully. Although I did find that I had sympathy for Wanda and not for Hector Bartlett, both of those characters were a bit shadowy (not fully fleshed out). Of course, the reader will realize that that is because the story is from Agnes' point of view and is a reflection of what she knows and wants to relate in relation to the events.
I have not read many books by this author, but I will change that based on this lovely entertaining story.
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.5)
+10 Review
Task Total: 25
20.3 WinnersWatership Down by Richard Adams
Review:
This book has been on my shelves for a LONG time. It is one of those "I should have read this already" books that is one many reading lists. Yet it did not grab me and so often my hand just moved over it when considering books for tasks. I even had a hard time reading my paperback copy as it was thick and stiff, so I got an audio version and followed along. All that said, you would think I gave it a lower rating, but the story was delightful and the book ended up with a 4* rating from me. I do recommend the audio version, though.
This is a story (allegory really) of rabbits who leave the world they have known and their adventures while establishing a new home far away. (Perhaps it is the story of people who have emigrated to a new land...perhaps not.) Unlike people, the rabbits have little in-fighting, no jockeying for leadership, are united in goals, and generally present a wonderful picture of life. This is a bedtime story, one to fall asleep on to push out the worries of our usual world.
I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected I would, which is always a surprise and a pleasure from a book that has been avoided.
+20 Task (Won the Carnegie Medal in 1972)
+10 Review
Task Total: 30
20.3 WinnersThe Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi
Review:
I wanted to like this "important" book, especially after reading the foreward...but I didn't. I picked it primarily for a quick read, but those are usually light, fun books. This was not. It got 3* from me.
This is the story of an Afghan woman who is caring for her battle-injured husband. He is paralyzed and requires total care. She has two children as well to look after, but the reader is not told much about that part of her life. This story centers only on the room in which the man lies, the events that occur in that room, and the conversations. It is a play with only one setting. Actors come and go but the setting remains the same. Through her conversation with this man's body (is he even aware?), we learn more of her life, its struggles, and its pain.
I wanted to find her sympathetic, but I didn't. I wanted to be able to say that this is an important work and should be read. It probably is. I wanted to...yet the work stands on its own merits and teaches us a lot about one part of Afghan society and does not need what "I want".
+20 Task (Won Prix Goncourt 2008)
+ 5 Combo (20.7 - AR [Arkansas])
+10 Translation
+10 Review
Task Total: 45
Grand Total: 465 + 10 (bingo) = 475
This does it for me. I have more books but no more time. Oh, well.
15.1 - Five Years Through SummerThe Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
2013
+15 Task
Task toal = 15
Points total = 120
20.10 Meta fiction Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
+ 20 Task
+ 20 Combo (10.2 - Virago; 10.4 - #60 on dark list; 10.7; 20.7 - MA)
+10 Lost in Translation (published in english, read in french)
Task total = 50
Points total = 170
20.4 Go for the Gold! The View from the Vysotka: A Portrait of Russia Today Through One of Moscow's Most Famous Addresses by Anne Nivat
+20 Task
Task total = 20
Points total = 190
Glad you liked Far Cry From Kensington, Bea. 20.9 Political (Kate S's Task)
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin
I really enjoyed this recent history of the US Supreme Court. I had forgotten so much...even though the focus of Toobin's book is the Court during the George W. Bush Administration. Toobin also spends time discussing the awful Clarence Thomas confirmation process. We learn about how Justice Robert's - a usual conservation vote became a swing vote and the current key vote on the court. Justice O'Connor was the key swing vote during her term... and Toobin demonstrates how she was always a pragmatic and moderate voice...and how she evolved after the abuses of the Bush administration...especially on executive power, torture, affirmative action and personal privacy. The court had been dominated by Republic nominees who tended to drift left during their terms. But then...the new Justices Roberts and Alito started the court in a rightward direction again on abortion, racial issues, anti-trust, etc...and the assault by the Conservative justices on the principles of stare decisis as the Court reversed decisions of prior Supreme Court cases.
Task +20
Review +10
combo +5 (20.3-American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award 2008)
total= 35
RwS completion bonus= 100
Mega Finish bonus= 200
grand total= 1340
...and that's a wrap for me this season
15.8 FYTS: Time Traveler2016-1966 (skipping 1971)
The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou
Pub. 1981
+25 Task
+5 Nonfiction
Task total: 30
Grand total: 1080
15.9 FYTS: Time Traveler2016-1966 (skipping 1971)
Shroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James
Pub. 1976
+40 Task
Task total: 40
Grand total: 1120
20.7 U.S.The Charm School by Nelson DeMille
Review: A spy thriller set in the USSR in the 80s.
This book has an intriguing story line that involves personnel from the US embassy in Moscow--State Dept., CIA, Air Force, USIS--at a potential turning point in the US-Soviet relations. As the embassy personnel uncover information about a training program for Russian spies, a conflict is set up between the State Department's peace initiative and the CIA's concern about undetectable spies in the US and the military's concern for POWs and MIAs. The plot is interesting and has a lot of suspenseful action. DeMille is somewhat ham-handed with character development particularly with the female protagonist. A couple of the plot points are hard to believe.
This is an entertaining read that tries to provide some insight into the Russian soul. And it is particularly fun to try to apply what the author seems to think is the Russian character to what is the current position of Russia in today's world.
+20 Task ND
+5 combo 20.4 Russia
+10 Review
+15 jumbo
Task total: 50
Grand total: 295
20.8 KotickThe Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell
#5 on list
+20 pts - task
+10 pts - canon
grand Total - 445 pts
FYTS: Time Traveler2015 - 1965
15.8 1975
Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison
+25 Task
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 1325
10.7 First Letter Sodom and Gomorrah by Marcel Proust
+10 Task
+ 5 Jumbo
+10 Canon
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1350
15.8 FYTS Time Traveler2014-1969
Sophie's Choice by William Styron
Published 1979
+25 Task
+5 500+ Pages
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 785
10.7 First LetterIn Another Life by Julie Christine Johnson
Julie Christine Johnson's lovely writing transported me to beautiful Languedoc in southwestern France. Lia, a young widow, is finishing her research for her dissertation on the Cathar Crusade, a violent conflict between the Catholic Church and the Cathar religion in the 13th Century. One of the Cathar beliefs is that the soul could be trapped in a cycle of rebirth or reincarnation until it had achieved redemption and peace. The book makes use of this belief in some paranormal incidents when several characters from the 13th Century slip across time into the present. The assassination of archdeacon Pierre de Castelnan in 1208 was the spark that ignited the fighting in Languedoc. As Lia gets close to the truth of what happened 800 years ago, she finds links to her personal life today. This is a story of love, loss, and healing as well as guilt, forgiveness, and redemption.
The book has a marvelous sense of place, set in an area filled with vineyards, farms, old stone churches, and ruins from medieval times. The descriptions of food and wine are intoxicating. The characters from the 13th Century are intriguing--flawed people that also possess an element of goodness. Although everything is not tied up with a big bow at the end, the characters seemed to be on a healing path. I loved the combination of historical fiction, suspense, fantasy, and passion.
+10 task
+10 review
Task total: 20
Grand total: 1020
Amanda wrote: "Tien wrote: "Um, sorry, Kate - I'm also confused :/Hi Tien, was this cleared up ? I am just working on the database and wanted to check if I need to do some investigating for you. "
I don't think so?
15.10 FYTS: Time TravelerPlanned for: 2014 -1964 (1969 skipped)
My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin
Published 1964
+40 Task
+5 Bonus (Non-Fiction)
+5 Bonus (512 pages)
+100 Completion
Post Total: 150
Season Total: 1,295
10.7 First Letter (Tien's Task)Les Fiancés de l'hiver by Christelle Dabos
+10 Task
+ 5 Jumbo (517 pages)
Task total = 15
Points total = 205
10.7 - First LetterSisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
Daisy and Violet are identical twins who share a secret gift – an ability to sense things by ESP. Violet embraces her gift, but Daisy denies hers, changing her name to Kate as she grows up, and seeking to establish the most ‘normal’ suburban married life for herself. But she’s constantly pulled back to Sisterland, the space she shares with her twin, and her carefully constructed life starts to unravel.
This is the second of Curtis Sittenfeld's books I've read, and I think her writing is just too detailed for me - I keep wanting her to hurry up with the story, probably because I dislike her main characters and don't enjoy being so deeply in their heads. I liked this one more than Prep, but not a lot more.
(In case of any confusion in the database - I read another book called Sisterland earlier in the season, but that was a different book by a different author.)
+10 Task
+10 Review
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 1460
10.7 First LetterSoft in the Head by Marie-Sabine Roger
+10 task ("S")
+10 lost in translation (original in French: La Tête En Friche read the German version Das Labyrinth der Wörter)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 215
Post 808 Lagullande wrote: "20.3 Winners!Girl at War by Sara Nović
Lexile 770, so no combos
+20 Task (ALA Alex Award 2016)
Points this post: 20
RwS total: 215
FYTS total: 30
Season Total: 245"
This book is not shelved as YA at BPL, so you can claim any styles you wish.
15.2 FYTS Time Traveler1969-2014
1974
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
+15 Pts
Grand Total: 325 pts
10.4We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
#70 on Darkest Books list
Review:
This book... Wow! Extremely well written. It details in epistolary form all the events that lead up to Eva K's son becoming a school shooter. She writes letters to an absent husband who never responds, starting with the happy beginnings of their marriage. The characterizations are so real and well developed. The book took me a while to read because I would read chunks at a time and then put it down for a while. It's not a page turner but it is riveting. It definitely contributed to the "what if I don't like my children" argument/fear. Shriver's book will stay with me for a long time.
+10 Task
+10 Review
Task Total: 20 pts
Grand Total: 345 pts
10.5 Great Australian LiteratureCloudstreet by Tim Winton (#2 on list)
+10 pts Task
+15 pts Combo (10.7, 20.4,20.3 - 1992 Miles Franklin Award)
Task total - 25 pts
Grand Total - 470 pts
20.2 The Gods!Athena the Proud by Joan Holub
Lexile: 840
Review:
My four year old daughter likes these books because of the covers. The premise of turning Greek myths into a children's book and making these gods and mortal followers into relatable characters is a good one. My kids enjoy hearing the stories from Greek myths and have been told many of the Illiad tales. But overall, these books are quite silly, and even the clever premise isn't enough to make these of interest to adult readers. I liked this one much more than I liked the other book we read, Amphitrite the Bubbly. I could see recommending these to a young reader, maybe around 9 or 10 years old.
+20 Task
+10 Review
Task total: 30
Grand total: 1150
20.9 PoliticalThe Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon
I saw this film many years ago now (Frank Sinatra, not Denzel Washington), but my memories of it were pretty vague. Turns out that wasn't a bad thing, because I think there are quite a number of significant differences between the two, and my! What a twist! I never saw that one coming, and it hit with a punch when it was revealed.
A story of Communists, patriotism and mind control.With a little bit of friendship and love thrown in.
It was confusing at times, because it jump all over the place in time, and usually in setting with that. Perhaps this would have been less confusing if I wasn't listening to it.
Very dry delivery, but this is perhaps because it is in keeping with the character of Raymond Shaw, the focal character, who is a very reserved and unemotional character in general.
Enjoyable, but perhaps not memorable.
+20 task
+10 review
Task Total = 30
RWS Finish = 100
Grand Total = 915
20.5 London callingNew Grub Street by George Gissing
#118 on list
Review
This novel is centred upon the struggles of literary men especially Edwin Reardon and Jasper Milvain. Edwin Reardon is a married man and is feeling the pressure to write in such a pace to support his family. His future does not look promising nor does his wife looks at him the way he used to remember her to. Jasper Milvain is young and ambitious. Whilst he’s not in such a financial strait, he cannot afford to marry without sufficient dowry yet temptation may prove too great for him to resist.
”...a broad, flabby face, the colour of an ancient turnip, save where one of the cheeks was marked with a mulberry stain; ... for moustache, what looked like a bit of discoloured tow, and scraps of similar material hanging beneath his creasy chin represented a beard. His garb must have seen a great deal of Museum service;...his linen made distinct appeal to the laundress.”
I didn’t expect to like this novel as much as I did. It is actually a rather sad novel as these characters struggle with poverty and the effects of such penury have on people and relationships. I find author’s descriptions to be both amusing and depressing.
”Love is one of the first things to be frightened away by poverty.”
There was also the reflection of mismatches in marriages and there were a few in this book. It wasn’t just the absence of money but also of intellect and a little of ‘class’ (though this last point is rather about the lack of education than anything else, I think). Though most characters seem to have deserved their ends in this book, there is one whom I have wished more for.
“It has been repeated often enough that vice leads to misery; will no man declare that misery leads to vice?”
One would wish to believe that strength of character surely will prevail and the romantics (me, for one) would also wish to believe that love prevails over all. The practical side of me knows however that this is just not realistic. The poignancy of this novel really touched me (I even broke down & cried at one point) but it was overall a very enjoyable read and still relevant in today’s world.
+20 Task
+5 Jumbo (560 pages)
+10 Canon
+10 Review
Post Total: 345
Season Total: 1,340
And that's it from me this season, folks! See you in the new one ;)
20.7 U.S. (Rebekah's Task)The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
+20 Task (CO Colorado)
Points this post: 20
RwS total: 235
FYTS total: 30
Season Total: 265
Task 15.2 FYTS: Time Traveler1880-1930
1925: The Painted Veil (1925) by W. Somerset Maugham
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 545 + 15 = 560
10.7 First LetterCastle Richmond by Anthony Trollope
I read my Trollope from the volume Complete Works of Anthony Trollope. This one had a short introduction, which told me not to expect much in the way of characterization or story.
The best, indeed the only piece of real characterization in the book is the delineation of Abe Mollett. This unscrupulous blackmailer is put before us with real art, with something of the loving preoccupation of the hunter for his quarry. Trollope loved a rogue, and in his long portrait gallery there are several really charming ones.Trollope used this same analogy of the hunter after his quarry late in the novel. There was no fox hunt in the novel and I feel as if he must have missed one. He managed to make me quite appreciative of the way a fox can elude the hunter, how the fox is crafty and devious. The analogy goes for almost an entire chapter and was as much fun as almost any other part.
This was my first read of what is called Trollope's "Irish Novels" and takes place during the Potato Famine. Trollope worked in Ireland for many years in his capacity as postal inspector, came to know Ireland and the Irish quite well, and was present during the famine. I doubt I could have taken an entire novel of the telling of people starving and dying, but I almost wished that the plight of the peasantry had been a more integral part of the novel. It was more of side action, though very real.
Trollope cannot write without a romance, and in this the romance was central to his story. However, the back story that prompted the blackmail is one he had not told before. In this way, though the novel isn't a "must read" it added another piece to the completeness of British/Irish life that is Trollope. As much as I enjoy him, I just can't bring myself to give this even 4 stars.
+ 10 Task
+ 10 Review
Task Total = 20
Grand total = 750
And that's a wrap from me!
15.9 FYTS: Time Traveler1966-2016
Dance With Me by Heidi Cullinan (2011)
+40 Task
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 1460
15.9 FYTS Time Traveler2014-1969
Sharky's Machine by William Diehl
Published 1974
+40 Task
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 825
20.4 Go for the Gold!Holier Than Thou by Laura Buzo
+20 Task (set in Australia)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 1545
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The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
+40 Task
Post Total: 40
Completion bonus: 100
Mega finish: 200
Season Total: 1490