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SU 19 Completed Tasks
20.5 LondonThe Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale
+20 Task (set over 90% in London)
+ 5 Combo (20.6)
+10 Young (born 1981, in GR profile)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 535
15.10 Ratings Game The Wings of the Dove by Henry James
15,000 - 24,999
as of posting 15,277
30 task
5 oldie
5 jumbo
____
40
100 finish bonus
_____
140
Running total: 995
15.6 Ratings Game250,000 or more ratings
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 300,327 ratings
Task total: 20
Season total: 750
10.5 D-DayGood Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman+10 pts - Task
+15 pts - Combo(20.1, 20.3 -https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_... , 20.6)
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1990)
Task Total - 30 pts
Season Total - 800 pts
10.8 Series (Beth's Task)The Disappeared (Jenny Cooper #2) by M.R. Hall
+10 Task
+5 Multiple
+10 Combo (10.3; 20.6)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 1,090
20.5 London Lords of Misrule by Stella Riley
+20 Task
+10 Combo 10.8, 20.6
+5 Multiple
+5 Jumbo (608 pages)
Task Total: 40
Season Total: 1230
20.8 Revisit a FriendThe Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
+20 task (first read this author May 2019)
+25 combo (10.3, 10.6, 20.1, 20.6, 20.9 - shelved 205 times as space)
+ 5 multiple
+ 5 oldies (1979)
Task total=55
Grand total=1280
Ratings Game15.6 5,000 - 9,999
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 1030 (adjusted)
50.1 BahrainTwo Old Fools on a Camel: From Spain to Bahrain and Back Again by Victoria Twead
Task=50
Combo=10 (10.8; 20.6)
Multiple=5
Task Total: 65
Grand Total= 1785
Completed Tasks: (42)
✔10.1 (15); 10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 10.5 (35); 10.6 (40); 10.7 (20); 10.8(30); 10.9 (20); 10.10 (35)
15.1 (15); 15.2 (15); 15.3(25); 15.4 (20); 15.5 (20); 15.6 (25); 15.7 (25); 15.8 (25); 15.9 (35)
20.1 (35); 20.2 (50); 20.3 (35); 20.4 (45); 20.5 (40), 20.6 (40);20.6 (2x)(35);20.7 (50); 20.10 (20);
50.1(65); 50.1 again (60); 50.1 (3rd time)(70); 50.1 (4x)(70); 50.1 (5x)(75); 50.1 (6x)(75); 50.1 (7x)(70); 50.1 (8x)(75); 50.1 (9x)(60); 50.1(10x)(60); 50.1 (11x)(60); 50.1(12x)(60); 50.1 (13x)(60); 50.1 (14x)(65)
250,000 or more ratings
✔100,000 - 249,999
✔75,000 - 99,999
✔25,000 - 74,999
✔15,000 - 24,999
✔10,000 - 14,999
✔5,000 - 9,999
✔1,000 - 4,999
✔250 - 999
✔fewer than 250 ratings
20.1 Iris MurdochA Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
+20 Task (1980)
+10 Combo (10.3, 20.6)
+ 5 Multiple
+ 5 Oldies
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 575
15.6 RG5,000 - 9,999
How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future Steven Levitsky
+20
+5 nonfiction
Task total: 25
Season total: 205
10.7 Summer Shorts (Mary's Task)Read a book of short works (stories, essays, poems, plays etc)
All the Lives I Want: Essays About My Best Friends Who Happen to Be Famous Strangers (2017) by Alana Massey (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 244 pages) [305.42]
+10 Task
+05 Combo (#10.3 no “i”)
+05 In-depth
Task Total: 10 + 05 +05 = 20
Grand Total: 295 + 20 = 315
I'm positive the author is aged 50 or younger -- one of the essays indicates that she was born in 1985 -- however, goodreads etc. don't have a birthday for her so I didn't claim "young authors"
Task 20.5 LondonRead a book set at least 75% in London, England.
Sherlock Holmes: The Spirit Box (Sherlock Holmes) (2014) by George Mann (Paperback, 254 pages)
+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.3 no “i)
Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25
Grand Total: 315 + 25 = 340
Task 20.6 CharactersRead a book with at least 9 named characters.
Family of Origin (2019) by C.J. Hauser (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 287 pages)
+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.3 no “i)
+05 In-depth
Task Total: 20 + 05 + 05 = 30
Grand Total: 340 + 30 = 370
10.6 Lifetime AchievementThe Passion by Jeanette Winterson
+10 Task
+15 Combo (20.1 - 1987; 20.2; 20.4)
+5 oldies (1987)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 540
Task 15.6 The Ratings Game250 – 999
Flirting with Pride and Prejudice: Fresh Perspectives on the Original Chick-Lit Masterpiece (2005) edited by Jennifer Crusie (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 230 pages) [823.7]
+20 Task
+05 Non-fiction
Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25
Grand Total: 370 + 25 = 395
15.7 RG15,000 - 24,999
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+ 5 Oldies
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 600
10.2 Jackson's Dilemma
The Skylarks’ War by Hilary McKay
Lexile 800 (under US title Love to Everyone)
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.6 >9 named characters)
Task total: 15
Season total: 410
The Skylarks’ War by Hilary McKay
Lexile 800 (under US title Love to Everyone)
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.6 >9 named characters)
Task total: 15
Season total: 410
20.7 Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.4 Catching up on Classics, 20.6 >9 named characters)
+25 Oldie
Task total: 55
Season total: 465
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.4 Catching up on Classics, 20.6 >9 named characters)
+25 Oldie
Task total: 55
Season total: 465
20.9 Apollo 11The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.3, 10.6, 20.1, 20.6)
+ 5 Multiple
+ 5 Oldies (pub'd 1979)
Task total = 50
Season total = 650
50.1 Project RwS, SvalbardSeeds on Ice: Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault by Cary Fowler
+50 Task
+5 Multiple
+10 Combo: 10.3, 20.6
Task total: 65
Season total: 975
20.2 Oxford AuthorsThe Porpoise by Mark Haddon
+20 Task
+5 Multiple
+15 Combo 10.3, 20.6, 20.7
Task total: 40
Season total: 1015
15.3 RG100,000 - 249,999
Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
+15 pts - Task
+5 Pts - non-fiction
Task Total- 20 pts
Season Total - 820 pts
From Post 651Rebekah wrote: "20.2 Oxford Authors
The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
+20 pts -Task
+10 pts - Combo (20.1, 20.6)
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1978)
Task total - 35 pts
Season Total - 525 pts"
+5 Combo 10.6
From Post 668June wrote: "20.8- Revisit a friend
Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee
Task: 20
Young: author born in 1979- 10 points
Post total: 30
Seasonal total: 525"
+10 Combo 10.3, 10.8
From Post 688Rebekah wrote: "50.1 Project
Andorra
Andorra by Peter Cameron
+50 pts -Task
+5 pts - Multi
+10 pts - Combo(20.1 -1997, 20.6)
Task total - 65 pts
Season Total - 660 pts"
+5 Combo 10.3
From Post 694Jennifer wrote: "20.2 Oxford Authors
Stratton's War by Laura Wilson
+20 task (Somerville)
+ 15 combo (10.2, 20.6, 20.5)
+5 jumbo
Task total: 40
Season total: 195"
I am sorry, the MPE for this book is under 500 pages, so no jumbo points.
From Post 699Karen Michele wrote: "10.10 Group Reads
The City & the City by China Miéville
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 755"
+10 Young
20.1 Iris MurdochThe Morning Watch by James Agee
+20 Task (1950)
+10 Combo (10.3, 20.6)
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Young (1909-1955)
+ 5 Oldies
Task total=50
Grand total=1330
From Post 704Connie wrote: "20.6 Characters
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
+20 task
+ 5 combo 10.3
+ 5 multiples
+10 young-born 1982 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_H...
Task total: 40..."
+5 Combo 10.8
From Post 725Bea wrote: "20.1 Design Your Own Task
My task: Read a book added to my TBR in 2011 (oldest date on my TBR).
The Medusa Amulet by Robert Masello
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Seaso..."
+5 Combo 10.3
From Post 726Bea wrote: "20.1 Design Your Own Task
My task: Read a book added to my TBR in 2011 (oldest date on my TBR).
Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn
+10 Task
+ 5 Multiple
Task Total:..."
+10 Young
+15 Combo 10.4, 10.8, 20.6
20.6 - CharactersThe 17th Suspect by James Patterson
+20 task
+10 Combo (10.3, 10.8)
+5 multiple
Task total: 35
Grand total: 945
20.8 - Revisit a FriendUnseen by Karin Slaughter
+20 task
+10 Combo (10.8, 20.6)
+5 multiple
+10 young
Task total: 45
Grand total: 990
15.8 - Rating Game75,000 - 99,999
I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
+20 task (88,559)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 1010
20.4 The Black PrinceSummer by Edith Wharton
YA, no lexile, no styles
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 620
10.5 Lifetime Achievement Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson
+10 pts - Task
+15 pts - Combo (20.1, 20.2, 20.4)
+ 5 pts - Oldies (1989)
Task Total - 30 pts
Season Total - 850 pts
15.6 RG (Round 2)15,000 - 24,999 Ratings
The Sea Wolf by Jack London
+20 Task
+5 Old (pub 1904)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 1,115
Ratings Game15.2
Over 250,00 ratings
A Man Called Oveby Fredrik Backman
436,853 ratings as of 06/28/19
Task +15
Grand Total: 140
15.10 RG, 15,000-24,999Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, & Baking Biscuits by Reese Witherspoon
+30 Task
+5 Non-Fiction
Task total: 35
+100 RG Finish
Season total: 1205
20.2 Oxford AuthorsDecline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh
+20 task
+15 combo 10.3, 20.1, 10.6
+10 oldie pub 1928
Task total: 45
Season total: 800
15.6 RG25,000 – 74, 999 ratings
Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 1250
Kate S wrote: "From Post 725Bea wrote: "20.1 Design Your Own Task
My task: Read a book added to my TBR in 2011 (oldest date on my TBR).
The Medusa Amulet by Robert Masello
+10..."
I thought 10.1 could not be used for Combos?
20.5 LondonA Taste for Death by P.D. James
20 task
5 oldie
20 combo 10.3, 10.8, 20.1, 20.6
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45
Running total: 1040
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5,000 - 9,999
In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero
+15 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - Non Fiction
Task Total - 20 pts
Season Total - 770 pts