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15.3 RG10,000 to 14,999 ratings
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
+15 task
+5 non-fiction
Task total: 20
Grand total: 390
20.6 - CharactersHollyhock Ridge by Pamela Grandstaff
+20 task
+10 Combo (10.3, 10.8)
+5 multiple
Task total: 35
Grand total: 395
10.1 Create Your Own TaskMy task is to read books published in the last decade.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
+10 task
+10 young (born 1972 per GR author page)
+ 5 multiple
Task total: 25
Season total: 275
15.2 RG25,000 - 74,999 Ratings
American Pastoral (The American Trilogy #1) by Philip Roth
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 200
20.1 Iris MurdochSideshow by Sheri S. Tepper
+20 Task (published 1992)
+10 Combo (10.8, 20.6)
+5 Oldies
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 280
20.4 The Black PrinceIn Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan
task=20
combo= 10 (20.1,20.6
Young=10
Oldie=5 (1968)
Task total=45
Grand Total= 230
Completed Tasks: (6)
10.6 (40)
20.1 (25); 20.4 (45); 20.5 (40), 20.10 (20);
50.1(60)
Post 257 Ed wrote: "20.4 The Black PrinceIn Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan
task=20
combo= 10 (20.1,20.6
Young=10
Oldie=5 (1968)
Task total=45
Grand Total= 230
Completed Tasks: (6..."
Ed, this won't work for 20.4 because the author isn't a woman. Let us know which of the other tasks to assign it to.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 257 Ed wrote: "20.4 The Black PrinceIn Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan
task=20
combo= 10 (20.1,20.6
Young=10
Oldie=5 (1968)
Task total=45
Grand Total= 230
..."
Dohhhhh! How did I miss that?
ok...I'll switch this to 20.1. And I'll switch my 20.1 book in the next post.
Switching Post #198 from 20.1 to 15.115.1- fewer than 250 ratings
Morituri by Yasmina Khadra
(190 ratings)
Task=15
Grand Total= 215
Completed Tasks: (6)
10.6 (40)
15.1 (15)
20.1 (35); 20.5 (40), 20.10 (20);
50.1(65)
10.3 Summer 2017 Bethlehem by Karen Kelly
(No I in author's name)
Task: 10 points
Season Total: 105 points
20.6 CharactersThe Bell by Iris Murdoch
20 task
5 oldie
20 combo 10.6, 20.1, 20.2, 20.4
____
45
Running total: 360
Revisit a FriendAll Change by Elizabeth Jane Howard
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.8, 20.6)
+ 5 Multiple
Task total = 35
Season total = 200
This is the last of a series I will certainly find time to read at some future date, and I say that as one who does not re-read.
20.1 Iris MurdochThe Wedding Group by Elizabeth Taylor
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.6 Cressy, Rose, Joe, Harry, Petronella, David, Midge, Alexia, Nell, Archie...)
+ 5 Oldies (1968)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 220
10.7 Summer ShortsThe Wonderful O by James Thurber
and
The Left-Handed Woman by Peter Handke
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.3, 20.1 1957 & 1976)
+ 5 Oldies
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 245
10.1 Canadian NovelsThe Three Sisters Bar and Hotel by Katherine Govier
10 pts 10.1 Design Your Own Task
5 pts. 20.6 Characters
Task total 15 pts.
Season total : 545 pts.
20.5 LondonHeart Surgeon, Prince...Husband! by Kate Hardy
+20 Task -- set 83% in London, England
+5 Combo (10.3 no I)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 360
15.3 RG250 - 999 Ratings
A Teardrop on the Cheek of Time: The Story of the Taj Mahal by Diana Preston & Michael Preston
+15 Task
+5 Non-Fiction
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 220
15.4 RG5000 to 9999
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century by Steven Pinker
+15 task
+5 nonfiction
Task total: 20
Grand total: 410
Task 15.2 The Ratings Gamefewer than 250 ratings
Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile (2011) by Ariel Dorfman [863.092]
+15 Task
+05 Non-fiction
Task Total: 15 + 05 = 20
Grand Total: 120 + 20 = 140
10.2 Jackson’s DilemmaIn Abraham's Bosom by Paul Green
10 pts 10.2 Jackson’s Dilemma
5 pts 10.3 Summer 2017
5 pts 20.1 Iris Murdoch
5 pts 20.6 Characters
10 pts Oldies
Task total: 35 pts
Season total: 580 pts
20.6 CharactersVinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.3, 10.8, 20.7)
Task total: 35
Season total: 390
10.8 Series (Beth's Task)Hit (Makedde Vanderwall #4) by Tara Moss
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.3, 20.6)
+5 Multiple
+10 Young (born 1973 - wikipedia)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 255
15.2- 15,000 - 24,999 ratingsInherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence
19,443 ratings
Task=15
Old=5
Grand Total= 235
Completed Tasks: (7)
10.6 (40)
15.1 (15); 15.2 (15);
20.1 (35); 20.5 (40), 20.10 (20);
50.1(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
10.7 Summer ShortsA Man of Business and The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan both by Honoré de Balzac
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.3, 10.8)
+15 Oldies (1844)
Task total = 35
Season total = 235
10.9 All Star ReadsThe Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
+10 Task
+5 Combo - 10.3
Task total: 15
Grand total: 235
20.5 LondonSecrets to a Gentleman's Heart by Samantha Grace
+20 task
+5 multiple
+15 combo (20.6, 10.2, 10.3)
Task total: 40
Grand total: 450
20.6 CharactersThe Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights and Other Appreciations by John McCain
+20 task (many more than nine significant named characters)
+ 5 multiple
Task total=25
Grand total=500
15.3 Ratings GameThe Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart
1,000 - 4,999
as of posting 4861
15 task
5 old
___
20
Running total: 380
10.8 SeriesShakespeare Wrote for Money by Nick Hornby
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.7 - essays)
Task total=15
Grand total=515
20.6 CharactersBalthazar by Lawrence Durrell
Task=20
Combo= 15 (10.3; 10.8; 20.1)
Oldie=5 (1958)
Task Total=40
Grand Total= 275
Completed Tasks: (8)
10.6 (40)
15.1 (15); 15.2 (15);
20.1 (35); 20.5 (40), 20.6 (40); 20.10 (20);
50.1(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
10.1 Design Your Own TaskRead a book on the schedule for the Tournament of Books "Camp ToB":
https://themorningnews.org/p/here-is-...
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 20.6 Characters
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 200
10.2 Jackson's DilemmaDawson's Fall by Roxana Robinson
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 20.6 Characters
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 215
10.3 Summer 2017Normal People by Sally Rooney
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 20.6 Characters
+10 Young
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 240
10.4 Visiting The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
+10 Task: Catching up on Classics
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 250
15.2 RG15.2 1,000 - 4,999
The Time of Our Singing by Richard Powers
+15 Task
+ 5 Big
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 270
20.3 A Severed HeadThe Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck
+20 Task
+15 Combo: 10.7 Summer Shorts / 20.1 Iris Murdoch / 20.6 Characters
+10 Oldies (1932)
Task Total: 45
Season Total: 320 (adjusted total)
20.8 Revisit a FriendHow to Walk Away by Katherine Center
I first read this author's work on 11/11/18
+20 task
+ 5 combo 20.6
+10 young--age 47 per Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katheri...
Task total: 35
Season total: 310
From Post 213Rachel wrote: "10.10 Group Reads
Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark
+10 Task
+ 15 Combo (20.1 Iris Murdoch, 20.5 London, 20.6 Characters)
+5 Oldies (1981)
Task total: 30
Season t..."
+5 Combo 10.6
Anika wrote: "Anika wrote: "20.10 HistoricalNew Boy by Tracy Chevalier
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.6, 20.7)
Task total: 30
Season total: 215"
When posting Hag-Seed, ..."
Got an extra combo for post 129.
From Post 223Deedee wrote: "Task 10.7 Summer Shorts
A Book of Essays:
Eating the Dinosaur (2009) by Chuck Klosterman (Hardcover, 245 pages) [306.0973]
+10 Task
+05 In-depth
+10 Young Authors
Ta..."
We carry this editor as the author, +5 Combo 10.3
From Post 236Jennifer wrote: "20.1 Iris Murdoch
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (391 pages, published 1990)
+..."
For score keeping ease, we only look at the first author listed for a title. In this case, we use Terry Pratchett, so this book also qualifies for 10.3.
15.3-5,000 - 9,999 ratingsIn the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower by Marcel Proust
9,086 ratings
Task=15
Big=5
Old=5 (1913)
Task Total=25
Grand Total= 300
Completed Tasks: (9)
10.6 (40)
15.1 (15); 15.2 (15); 15.3(25)
20.1 (35); 20.5 (40), 20.6 (40); 20.10 (20);
50.1(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
10.2 Jackson's DilemmaThe Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
+10 Task
+10 Combo (20.5 set 85% in London; 20.6 at least nine named characters)
Post total: 20
Season Total: 395
20.4 The Black PrinceThe Accidental by Ali Smith
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.6 at least nine named characters)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 420
10.8 Series The Next to Die by Sophie Hannah
+10 task (#10 in the Spilling CID series)
+5 combo (20.6 - many police officers and suspects named)
+10 young (born in 1971)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 85
15.1 RG 10,000 - 14,999 Ratings
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil (10,905 ratings)
+15 Task
+5 Nonfiction
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 105
20.CharactersSurface Detail by Iain M. Banks
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.8)
+5 Multiple
+5 Jumbo (627 pages)
Task Total: 35
Season Total: 315
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+20 task
+10 Combo (10.8, 20.6)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 360