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10.2 Letters The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant by Kayte Nunn
+10 task
+5 bonus 20.8 “Leah had placed the tea on a small table next to her uninjured side and Rachel sat up awkwardly…The tea was sweet and strong and as she sipped it, she started to feel her natural optimism reassert itself.” (there are others as well throughout)
Task Total = 15
Season Total = 45
15.9 BlackjackThe Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee
3 spades - 3 word title
Jack diamond - Asian setting
6 club - 6 letter name
30 task
5 female
_____
35
Running total: 435
11 owned/15 tasks
10.6 "Small Great Things" by Jodi PicoultRating 4.25 as of 03/19/20
Over 225,000 ratings as of 03/19/20
Task +10
Grand total: 20
Grand total: 55 for previous post
10.9 Trilogy (Tien's Task)Autumn (Seasonal #1) by Ali Smith
Summer (Seasonal #4) described as "The unmissable finale to Ali Smith's dazzling literary tour de force: the Seasonal quartet concludes in 2020 with Summer."
Review
Daniel was an old man when Elizabeth, as a child, became his neighbour. Daniel is now in a nursing home with many periods of unconsciousness while Elizabeth is in her early 30s. Yet, their lives intertwined as a meeting of intelligence cannot be denied...
I can't say I've enjoyed this book... I think I actually missed the whole point of the story. Thing is I opted for audiobook and most of the time, all I heard was:
"...", Daniel said.
"...", Elizabeth said.
"...", so-and-so said.
"...", another so-and-so said.
on and on and on...
Maybe, if I were reading, my brain would sub-consciously skipped those bits? But with this audiobook and those phrases said with certain tone - I could not help but hear it ALL the time and it was driving me bonkers. I know some of you loved this but I couldn't deal...
+10 Task
+10 Review
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 420
15.5 BlackjackAnything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
Heart 7 (initials in SEVEN)
Club 10 (pub in the 10s-2017)
Spade 3 (3 word title)
20
+20 task
+ 5 female
+ 5 NF-short stories
Task total: 30
Season total: 160
20.8 My Cup of Tea (Owlette's Task)*Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood
This is the second in the Phryne Fisher series. Phryne is the attractive detective who has relocated from England to Melbourne, Australia in the late 1920s. She's sexy, liberated, confident, assertive, wiley and a risk-taker. In this volume, she has two jobs. One is to prove that one individual charged with the murder of his father, is actually innocent. The second is to unfoil a kidnapping caper and save an innocent young girl from the clutches of a child molester and his cohorts.
The title derives from Phryne also being an amazing pilot (it's 1928!!!).....and an airplane with a different female pilot plays a pivotal role in the story.
A fun read. 3 stars.
*p.52- “Have some more tea.” “Amelia, open-mouthed, smothered a little giggle in her tea-cup.”
p.61- “Paolo, having finished his tea, appeared and flicked the cloth off a small clay model.”
p.91-“Phrynne had tasted police-station tea before, but accepted it anyway."
Task=20
Review=10
Oldie=5 (1990)
Task Total=35
Grand Total=450
Tasks Completed=12
10.1 (45); 10.2 (30); 10.3 (30)
15.1 (25); 15.2 (30); 15.3 (30)
20.2 (35); 20.4 (60) ; 20.6 (45); 20.7 (35); 20.8 (35); 20.10 (50)
10.1 Thirst For MoreA Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome in Search of a Faith by Timothy Egan
Timothy Egan travels from Canterbury to Rome on the pilgrimage trail, Via Francigena. He reflects on the history of Christianity and the Catholic Church, his family’s own experiences with the Church and the state of Catholicism in Europe today. The book is a bit travelogue, a bit memoir and a bit history.
I have a lot in common with Egan. I grew up Catholic in the Northwest. I also have raised two areligious children. But I could not follow his path of acceptance. Maybe you have to be there.
There are flashes of Egan’s amazing descriptive powers here but this book does not did not pack the emotional punch for me that his other books have.
+10 task
+5 combo 10.2
+10 review
Task total: 25
Season total: 140
20.10 It's a MysteryThe Herring Seller's Apprentice by L.C. Tyler
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.2 ; 20.3 ; 20.8 - “I took a sip of my tea.” - sorry, litteral translation so might not be exactly it)
Task total = 35
Points total = 105
20.9 Women in TranslationAn Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
An entertaining collection of short stories about an octogenarian serial killer. These stories managed to feel charming--like a cozy mystery--except that the protagonist is actually a cold-blooded killer willing to engage in quite complicated murders. I enjoyed the way that the murderer used her advanced age as a cover for her crime, even playing up her age and frailty when it suited her. Cleaning up the details and language a bit, I read one of these out loud with my children and they quite enjoyed the twist that the old lady was really a killer.
Recommended as something different and fun to read to take your mind off everything else happening in the world today.
Thanks, Elizabeth, for recommending this.
+20 Task
+10 Review
+5 Combo (10.2)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 200
The readerboard has me at 160 points through post 100. I am showing only 145 points, for 6 subchallenge books, and I don't see any messages about corrections. I can't figure out where I've messed up. Thanks!Post 4 20 points
Post 12 20 points
Post 24 25 points
Post 48 20 points
Post 62 30 points
Post 92 30 points
Denise wrote: "The readerboard has me at 160 points through post 100. I am showing only 145 points, for 6 subchallenge books, and I don't see any messages about corrections. I can't figure out where I've messed u..."I can't say for certain this is the cause, but I had the Female style set for the 10-points as it is with RwS tasks, not the 5-points it should be for Blackjack. I have fixed this, so if that is the cause, there will be a rollback next time.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I have fixed this, so if that is the cause, there will be a rollback next time."That probably explains it. Thank you!
Task 20.8 My Cup of Tea (Owlette's Task)Read a novel in which a character drinks or brews a cup of hot tea. Please include the sentence when claiming the book for points. See help thread for ideas.
p. 183: “After getting Seraphima a cup of tea and settling her in a chair with a blanket around her shoulders and a box of tissues in her lap, Delilah and I carried Frump into the yard to find him a final resting place.”
Off the Page (Between the Lines #2) (2015) by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author) and Samantha van Leer
Lexile HL720L
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 65 + 20 = 85
That was probably the reason for my discrepancy also. Thank you.
15.4 Blackjack Mindful Silence: The Heart of Christian Contemplation by Phileena Heuertz
Ace Diamonds (188 p.); 7 spades (7 letters in silence and in mindful)=18
+15 Task
+5 Female
+5 Not a novel
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 55 (not 60 as on readerboard) + 25 = 80
Cards used so far: 9
20.5 Jeffrey EugenidesThe Piano Lesson by August Wilson
Boy Willie: If Bernice don't want to sell that piano. . . I'm gonna cut it in half and go on and sell my half.
"The Piano Lesson" is the fourth play in August Wilson's ten play Century Cycle about African-American life in the 20th Century. Boy Willie wants to sell a piano that he and his sister, Bernice, inherited. Their ancestor, a slave master craftsman, constructed the piano and carved scenes and people from their family history into the piano legs. Bernice does not want to sell this family treasure. Her brother wishes to buy land in the South to farm, and use the piano to partially fund his dream.
I would love to see this play in the theater. Wilson makes use of ghosts in the play, and it would be interesting to see how it is staged. Throughout the play their family history of slavery also has a haunting presence. "The Piano Lesson" won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1990.
+20 task (set in Pittsburg)
+10 combo 20.2 August Wilson, 20.3 Theodore White
+10 review
+ 5 oldie (pub 1990)
Task total: 45
Season total: 205
15.3 BlackjackWho Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
8 of Hearts - Set in future/fantasy Africa (says it is former Sudan)
10 of Clubs - pub. 2010
+15 Task
+5 Female
Task total: 20
Grand total: 220
15.7 BlackjackJourney to Munich (Maisie Dobbs #12) by Jacqueline Winspear
2 Spades ("to" in title)
7 Spades (Journey - 7 letter word in title)
10 Spades (author's first name, Jacqueline)
+20 Task
+5 Female
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 445
20.5 Jeffrey EugenidesThe Piano Lesson by August Wilson
(set in Pittsburgh)
I have now seen three of August Wilson's plays performed, "Jitney" being the most recent. His plays offer a glimpse into the lives of several disparate characters almost always contained in a static space. In The Piano Lesson, that space is the home of Berniece and her daughter. Their old friend Doaker also lives with them. One day, Berniece's brother, Willie Boy, arrives with his friend Lymon, with a truckload of watermelons from Arkansas. It is clear that Berniece and Willie Boy don't get along...but that tension is never fully explained. However their different personalities are on full display. Willie Boy takes it to his head, that he owns half of the unique piano in Berniece's home and he is determined to sell the piano over Berniece's objections in order to buy some land in Arkansas. The story is simple....but the anxiety is real...and something most everyone can relate to. I hope I get to see this piece performed some day....well after the coronavirus nearly ends the world...and the theatres re-open. 4 stars.
*****Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy!*****
Task=20
Review=10
combo= 10 (20.2; 20.3;
Oldie=5 (1990)
Task Total=45
Grand Total=495
Tasks Completed=13
10.1 (45); 10.2 (30); 10.3 (30)
15.1 (25); 15.2 (30); 15.3 (30)
20.2 (35); 20.4 (60) ; 20.5 (45); 20.6 (45); 20.7 (35); 20.8 (35); 20.10 (50)
10.1 Thirst for MoreAgainst the Odds by Elizabeth Moon
+10 Task
+5 Jumbo (544 pages)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 280
10.4 High Five DayOttoline and the Yellow Cat
760 Lexile
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 ; 10.3)
Taks total = 20
Points total = 125
15.5 BlackjackMemoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
10 hearts (historical fiction set 100 or more years before pub year - pub year 1951/ set 117 - 134)
7 spades (7-letter title/subtitle word - memoirs / hadrian)
3 spades (3-word title)
+20 Task
+ 5 Female
+ 5 Pub'd 1995 and earlier
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 325
20.3 Theodore H WhiteThe Road Through the Wall by Shirley Jackson
This is Jackson’s first novel, and the third of hers I’ve read. It definitely is not my favorite. I found (at least) the first half/two thirds of the novel confusing, in that the adult characters were kind of indistinguishable (Mrs. X, Mrs. Y, etc, etc) although the odd child stood out (generally because they were unpleasant). They just seemed like small people living small-minded lives, and I really don’t enjoy reading about people like that. Something changed in the second portion of the book, the people became a bit more distinguishable and the story slightly more interesting. Around this point in the book, Jackson also dropped in some new characters, in minor roles, and it is hard to know what the purpose of adding them was. There is a very tragic climax, which maybe in 1948 would have been quite shocking; reading it now you can easily see it coming.
I suppose this novel can be taken as her trial run at writing about the unseemly undercurrents in human relations. If you want to delve into Jackson’s oeuvre I would start somewhere else. 2.5*(which will be rounded up to 3 for GR).
20 task
10 review
5 oldie
20 combo 10.2, 10.4, 20.6, 20.8*
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55
*"How about some tea?"….....'and came over to Mrs. Merriam's tea tray….." In the body of Ch 2 -> I read this as an ebook on my laptop, so I don't know the exact page
Running total: 490
11 owned/16 tasks
10.1 Thirst for MoreA Test of Wills by Charles Todd
10 pts 10.1 Thirst for More
5 pts 20.8 Cup of tea p. 13. “Rutledge put down his pen and finished his toast, then reached for his cup of tea.”
10 pts Review
5 pts Oldies
I have read the Charles Todd mysteries featuring Bess Crawford, but have not read any of the Ian Rutledge mysteries. This was a great discovery of a new character which shows much more depth than Bess Crawford. Crawford seems to stumble into mysteries and to somehow move above the tragedy of World War I. Ian Rutledge on the other hand has truly suffered as a result of the war and is unable to put it behind him. That adds substance to the story and promises for good books to come in the series. The mystery itself is well done, but a fairly typical police procedural set in England. Rutledge is the reason to come back to the series.
Task total: 30 pts
Season total: 210pts
10.1 .... 10.3 .... .... .... .... 10.8 .... ....
15.1 15.2 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
.... .... .... .... 20.5 .... .... 20.8. .... ...
Task 10.1 Thirst for MoreRead any book by an author by whom you have already read at least 5 titles before March 1, 2020.
Author: Elmer Kelton
Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer (2007) by Elmer Kelton (Hardcover, 252 pages) [Biography/921]
Review: Elmer Kelton was an award-winning writer of Westerns. Among his awards have been seven Spurs from Western Writers of America and four Western Heritage awards from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Sandhills Boy is his memoir, published two years before his death in 2009. Elmer Kelton is my favorite Western writer. His philosophy on westerns, explained on p. 52-53 of the memoir, is that “the outlaws and gunfighters” were “no more than freaks in a sideshow.” The people who built the West – and the focus of the 40+ novels Kelton wrote – were the “merchants, teachers, and preachers, the homemakers, blacksmiths and carpenters”, as well as the cattle (and sheep!) ranchers. I’ve read several of his novels. The “outlaws and gunfighters”, when present, are on the periphery of the events. Someone who has read all 40+ novels says that only one of those novels (Joe Pepper) stars a gunman. I’ve read Joe Pepper: it’s told first-person, in a ‘telling tall tales around the campfire’ style.
Kelton splits this memoir into three pieces. First part covers his boyhood and teen years spent in his lifelong home in arid Western Texas. Most of this part consists of anecdotes about the cowboys who were friends of his father. I would have preferred more anecdotes about Elmer himself, and his family.
The Second part, and the most interesting part, covers 1944-1948. Elmer joined the Army at age 18 in the summer of 1944. He was shipped to France in early 1945, and was part of the last months of the war and the final defeat of the German war machine. New guys like Elmer stayed in Europe in 1946 while longtime soldiers were sent home. Elmer’s division wound up in Austria. That is where Elmer met and fell in love with Anni. It took a lot of paperwork, but finally Anni and her young son were admitted to America, and on July 3, 1947 Elmer and Anni were married. Elmer describes it as a strong, loving, happy marriage. He gives Anni the last 10 pages of the memoir to write whatever she wanted.
The third part are anecdotes from his years as an agricultural reporter for a Texas newspaper. He describes how he broke into publishing fiction. The Time It Never Rained is his most acclaimed novel, inspired by true events. I’ve read The Time It Never Rained, definitely a 5 * read.
This memoir is definitely aimed at friends and fans of Elmer Kelton. The interest in parts one and three is less for those who have never heard of Kelton. The second part reflecting on his World War II experience would be of interest to most readers.
+10 Task
+10 Review
Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20
Grand Total: 85 + 20 = 105
20.2 August WilsonRead a book written by one of these African American writers. I read The Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes.
Points for Task: 20
Style Points for Oldies (1958): 5
Points for Task: 25
Total Points So Far: 205
15.8 BlackjackNotorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik
8 Clubs (8+ letters in title + subtitle)
9 Clubs (title begins with N for Notorious)
+30 Task
+5 Non-Fiction
+5 Female
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 485
20.8 My Cup of TeaThe Godforsaken Daughter by Christina McKenna
+ 20 task p61: "A fig roll for a cuppa tea. You put the kettle on there, Ruby."
+5 combo 10.2
Task total: 25
Season total: 230
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 160 Lynn wrote: "10.9 Trilogy (Tien's Task)Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré published 1974, p. 381. (Karla Trilogy #1, George Smiley Series #5)
..."
In the book, three different spies are incarcerated and there is a long interval of interrogation of a captured Russian spy in a prison in India.
10.1 Thrist for More"The Rumor" by Elin Hilderbrand
I read at least 5 of the author's books.
Task +10
Female author + 10
Book total: 20
Grand total : 75
20.10 It's a MysteryThe Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories by P.D. James
+20 task
+10 combo (10.2; 10.3)
Task total=30
Grand total=485
20.8 My Cup of Tea Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
This was an interesting read -- had gotten a lot of buzz so I was happy to get my hands on it before the libraries shut down! The premise is that the "houses" (secret societies) at Yale (like Skull & Bones) all practice different forms of magic, and the "ninth house", Lethe, is charged with supervising and controlling the activities of the other 8. Alex, the new Lethe recruit, was chosen for the society because she has the ability to see ghosts. After some magic goes wrong, and a murder is committed, Alex is thrust into the position of having to unravel the situation. The narrative jumps between three time frames, which was jarring at first (though not confusing, because the different characters in each section make it easier to tell when the section takes place). I really liked the characters and enjoyed reading, though it took a while to get into. It also made me curious about the actual secret societies -- all of the societies in the book except Lethe are real, but hopefully don't do the magic described here!
+20 task (page 83 - "She poured out the tea and offered a cup to Alex. 'Help yourself to cream and sugar if you like. Or there's fresh mint.")
+10 review
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 90
15.2 BlackjackThe Dry by Jane Harper
9 diamonds (set in Australia)
6 clubs (harper = 6 letters)
3 clubs (352 pages)
+15 Task
+5 Female author
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 110
20.10 - It's a MysteryOne Across, Two Down by Ruth Rendell
+20 task
+5 Combo (20.8 - pg 3 - she swallowed two white tablets and washed them down with strong sweet tea)
+5 oldie (1971)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 345
10.5 Sherlock HolmesThe Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers
The best of this is the prose. It is what carries the novel.
Every loose article in the boat became audibly restless. Cans clinked, cupboards rattled, lockers uttered hollow groans. Small things sidled out of dark hiding-places, and danced grotesque drunken figures on the floor, like goblins in a haunted glade.This is a true nautical tale. I have been on the water, but on motorized craft, not a sailing vessel. Though I've experienced a bit of rough water, it wasn't as bad as the above. My objection is that Childers takes the nautical part of his tale to greater lengths than interested me. While I liked the descriptions of the channels, testing with the lead line, etc., it just overwhelmed me. There are sections that I would definitely rate as 4-stars, but not enough of it for it to climb into that group.
+10 Task
+10 Review
+15 Combo ((10.4, 10.8 - Childers was arrested, tried, and summarily shot in the Irish Revolution, 20.8 - pg 23 "Hunger and ‘Tea’s made!’ from below brought me down to the cabin, where I found breakfast laid out on the table over the centre-board case ..."
+10 1001
+10 Oldies (1903)
Task total = 55
Season total = 245
4 owned/8 read
15.6 Blackjack15.6 -- The Listening Book: Discovering Your Own Music by W.A. Mathieu 1st pub'd 1991. 191 pp
King of Spades -- title word ending in -ing
ACE Diamonds -- 75-199 pp
Points for Task: 20
Nonfiction: 5
Pub'd before 1995: 5
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 235
15.3 BlackjackCold River Resurrection by Enes Smith
2 of hearts (second book in a series);
2 of clubs (289 pgs.)
4 of clubs (mystery)
5 of hearts (Oregon)
7 of hearts (ES)
=20 (5 cards)
+15 task
Season total: 155
Kate, Re: Post 66:Please move from 20.10, to 20.8. No change in points.
Thanks!
15.6 BlackjackReeds in the Wind by Grazia Deledda
8 spades (author born in a country beginning with the letter I - Italy)
10 clubs (orig. pub date is in the 10s - 1913)
+20 Task
+ 5 Female
+ 5 Pub'd 1995 and earlier
Task Total: 30
Adjustment: 5
Season Total: 360
20.1 Edmund MorrisBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
I just read Coates' novel The Water Dancer a few days ago and enjoyed it....in fact, I still ponder over it.
This book however is a letter from the author to his teen-age son. It relates the author's history growing up in Baltimore. Coates details how Black people do not have control of their bodies in American society. He informs his son about the history and present of violence, physical and mental, in our society against Black people. The author displays how and why he became a devotee of Malcolm X and certain African-centric theories of history...only to have his ideas (perhaps not quite shattered) but illuminated when he attended Howard University. He tells his son how he discovered the African diaspora at Howard.
The last chapter deals with Coates visit to the mother of Prince Jones, a young Black man Coates briefly knew at Howard, who had been unjustifiably shot and killed by the police in Maryland. No one was charged with Jones' murder. Jones' mother is a doctor who has lead a difficult but successful life... but, of course, the pain of the moment and the pain of the events are palpable.
Reading books such as this (like reading books about the Holocaust) are particularly difficult for me.... because the truth is so horrific. I recognize that I live in my white-privileged world..... and I tried and try to do my part to make things better for some folks. (I spent my career as a Labor Union Representative representing blue-collar employees.)
At one point, Coates informs his son that he is not a cynic. But I didn't see much written about on the optimistic side of the ledger. I wish his son a healthy, safe and successful life...as I do for all people. I wish I knew how to do more.
Task=20
Review=10
combo= 15 (10.3; 10.4; 20.2)
Task Total=45
Grand Total=540
Tasks Completed=14
10.1 (45); 10.2 (30); 10.3 (30)
15.1 (25); 15.2 (30); 15.3 (30)
20.1 (45); 20.2 (35); 20.4 (60) ; 20.5 (45); 20.6 (45); 20.7 (35); 20.8 (35); 20.10 (50)
10.5 HolmesTwo Plays of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
Pub 1903
+10 task
+10 oldies
Task total: 20
Grand total: 345
20.2 August WilsonSeven Guitars by August Wilson
August Wilson wrote the ten play American Century Cycle, one for each decade of the 20th Century. "Seven Guitars" is set in 1948 in the backyard of a Pittsburg tenement. The play starts with the funeral of a blues singer, Floyd, and then goes back to flashbacks of his life. As seven African-American friends and neighbors hang out in the backyard, we can see how difficult their lives have been. They have not been able to fulfill their dreams. The three women have been disappointed in love. The men feel that it's extremely difficult being a black man in a white man's world. Floyd has recorded one hit record, and he needs money to get his guitar out of the pawn shop.
Because there were seven characters, it was difficult to emotionally connect to any one person when reading the play. But seeing talented actors on the stage, and hearing the music and the crowing of the rooster would be a very different experience and probably would draw me in more. 3.5 stars.
+20 task
+10 combo 20.3 Theodore White, 20.5 Jeffrey Eugenides (Pittsburg)
+10 review
Task total: 40
Season total: 270
15.4 BlackjackS-Jack- Author name=Jack
S-10- Short stories
Neon Surf: And Other Stories of Love & Remembrance by Jack Kelleher
Task=15
NaN=5
Task Total=20
Grand Total=560
Tasks Completed=15
10.1 (45); 10.2 (30); 10.3 (30)
15.1 (25); 15.2 (30); 15.3 (30); 15.4 (20)
20.1 (45); 20.2 (35); 20.4 (60) ; 20.5 (45); 20.6 (45); 20.7 (35); 20.8 (35); 20.10 (50)
20.10 It's a MysteryOne Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
I expected this to be more of a mystery or crime novel. This was more of a British general literature book that happened to have some dead bodies in it. Which was fine, better even, but not what I was expecting going in. The author does a good job holding multiple characters and story lines together and having them all fit together in a satisfying way at the end, but it made for a good bit of confusion toward the beginning. I also couldn't remember anything about the first Jackson Brodie book other than that I read it and enjoyed it several years ago. But nothing about Brodie was familiar at all. Perhaps I'd have been less confused at the beginning if I'd had better recall of the first book.
I'll likely read more of the books from this series. I found the author's writing enjoyable and maybe next time I'll remember that these aren't mysteries of the solve-the-crime variety.
+20 Task
+10 Review
+5 Combo (20.8 - "He found a table outside the café and had a cup of tea and a cake, a lemon poppy seed thing." - Ch. 7, 15.7%)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 255
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Review
... because books make you a revolutionary.
Books are illegal in this particular universe (*shudders*) and the enforcers are called firemen because they'd destroy the books by setting them (and their surrounding) on fire.
In this novel, our protagonist, Guy Montag (a firemen), started to question the way things are. It appears that he has been half asleep; he couldn't even remember how he met his wife! But, something prodded his mind to the 'on' position and he could not, would not, turn it off. Perhaps to the detriment of all.
I chose the audiobook this time around and enjoyed it better. A great narrator and at 1.25x speed, I could feel events to be going a lot faster than when I had to read the words. It was quite exhilarating that I felt it to be rather short.
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.6 - avg. 3.99 & 1.5 Million ratings)
+10 Review
+5 Oldies (pub. 1953)
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 400