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10.2 More than 20 letters in the title.Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow
+10 Task
+15 Jumbo (854 pages)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 70
15.7 Blackjack Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuEight Spades, author born in country beg. w/ I – Ireland
Nine Hearts, pub’d in 19th century
Points for Task = 20
Pub’d before 1995 = 5
Points This Task: 25
Total Points So Far: 260
10.8 Go to JailThe Wife and the Widow by Christian White
+10 Task One of the main characters visits another character when he is in jail.
+10 Combo 10.3, 10.4
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 300
10.3 ConjunctionsGrowing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay
Review
I don't know whether it's because I'm not a fan of horrors and/or short-stories though there have been times that I love a horror story or a collection of short stories but I just didn't find any of these stories memorable. I did manage to remember some but my overall response to this book is
I was curious about the feature title, "Growing Things", and wondered what it could be but it was nothing particularly dazzling. Stories are dark and some quite weird but I always find that's what horror stories are like. Still, there was none that was particularly engaging though I did appreciate that rounding at the end (that is the last story also refers to the first).
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 - 29 letters; 10.4)
+10 Review
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 515
10.4 High Five Day A Match Made for Murder by Iona Whishaw
Task = 10 pts
+5 bonus = 10.3 Conjunctions
+5 bonus = 20.8 My Cup of Tea
Task Total = 20 pts
Season Total = 85 pts
15.10 BlackjackNemesis by Jo Nesbø
4 spades - 4th in series
4 heart - 400 - 499 pg
4 clubs - mystery/thriller
9 clubs - title 'n'
45 task
150 finisher bonus - used 27 cards
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195
Running total: 685
12 owned/17 tasks
15.3 BlackjackThe Wardrobe Wakeup: Your Guide to Looking Fabulous at Any Age by Lois Joy Johnson
15 pts 15.3 Blackjack
4 Diamonds Yours, MIne and Ours - pronouns in title
7 Spades 7-letter title/subtitle word
King Spades has a title word ending in -ing
5 pts Female
5 pts Not a Novel
Cards used 15.1 -15.3 = 7
Task total: 25 pts
Season total: 235 pts
10.1 .... 10.3 .... .... .... .... 10.8 .... ....
15.1 15.2 15.3 .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
.... .... .... .... 20.5 .... .... 20.8. .... ...
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. 267: “Yes, there was a lovely American boy who frequently came to this grave site this past fall. I made him come into the library for tea so he wouldn’t ride the bus back half frozen, and he told me his ideas about Shakespeare and an Italian poetess who lived in one of the old villas up in the hills.”
The Sonnet Lover (2007) by Carol Goodman (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, First Edition, 350 pages)
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 105 + 20 = 125
15.7 BlackjackThe Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
10 Clubs (published 2019)
Queen clubs (LGBT)
+20 Task
+5 Female
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 325
20.10 It's a Mystery (Elizabeth(Alaska)'s Task)Behind Dead Eyes (DC Ian Bradshaw #2) by Howard Linskey
Review
Quite a bit of time has passed since I read the first book and perhaps the same amount of time has passed between book 1 to the beginning of book 2. The trio has gone their separate ways and yet different line of enquiries brought them back together in this instalment.
A faceless unidentifiable body of a young girl was found some months ago and the police was still unable to determine her identity. An ex-councillor's daughter has disappeared at around the same time (no, it's not that easy!). A meeting of a councillor, a prominent businessman, and another businessman who is also known as the head of a gang. And to top it all off, a convicted murderer persisted that he is innocent and wished for Tom Carney to look into his case. A tough case load for Tom and his mates but they're up for it. Their search for justice, however, may not end up the way they'd like it to be...
The beginning was a tad complicated as there are numerous lines of mysteries plus with the 3 POVs (alternating even within chapters denoting by gaps between paragraphs), it took a bit of time to get used to. However, after a time, the story flows on seamlessly and the end ties everything up well.
+20 Task
+5 Combo (28.8 - "Helen had been sitting in the café for nearly an hour, sipping cups of tea she didn't really want so she could justify her presence to the owners.")
+10 Review
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 550
15.6 BlackjackEve Green by Susan Fletcher
Diam 9 (Commonwealth), Diam Q 10 (Western Europe) =19
+20 task
+ 5 female
Task total: 25
Season total: 295
15.5 BlackjackShroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James
Spade 4 - 4th in Series
Diamond 7 - Begins with an S
Diamond 10 - Series has more than 10 titles (14)
+20 Task
+ 5 Female
+ 5 before 1995 (1971)
Task total = 30
Season total = 275
Edited to add cards (my turn to be a dufus)
5 owned/9 read
Post 254 Kelly wrote: "10.2 More than 20 letters in the title.Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow
+10 Task
+15 Jumbo (854 pages)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 70"
I'm sorry, Kelly. The Letters task applies to the title only, and including the subtitle is the only way to get to 21 letters for this one. I don't see another RwS task, unless at least half the book takes place in one of the cities for 20.5. As Rockefeller spent his youth in Cleveland, this is possible, though perhaps not likely.
We'd like to salvage the read for you, though, especially since this is such a long book. I don't know if you are doing Blackjack, but even if you don't plan to read 10 titles for it, you could use it here. It qualifies for
Heart 5 (US states)
Spade 6 (600+ pages)
Club Jack (has a J or a K in the title/subtitle)
It would get 5 points for the Not a Novel style, for a total of 20 points.
Let us know what you want to do.
15.4 Blackjack Don't Look at Me Like That by Diana Athill
A diamonds, 187 pages (counting 1 point)
6 diamonds, pub 1967
A clubs, her only novel https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/di... (counting 11 points)
total 18, 3 cards
+15 Task
+ 5 Before 1995
+ 5 Female
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 105
20.7 Annie DillardKeeper: One House, Three Generations, and a Journey into Alzheimer's by Andrea Gillies
In 'Keeper', Andrea Gillies summarises her discoveries as a layperson researching Alzheimer's disease alongside a description of the gradual decline of her mother-in-law.
The neurological information is interesting if worrying, while the situation of this family of seven (three children, two parents, two grandparents) in their large house on an isolated stretch of Scottish coastline veers from depressing to terrifying. I wouldn't want to be any of these people - the children are starved for attention as the dementia-suffering grandmother insults them and takes all their mother's time, grandma and grandpa have been uprooted from their life and friends in the city and now have to watch each other becoming more and more isolated and disabled in their different ways, Dad is desperately trying to escape into his work, and Mum Andrea is going quietly (or sometimes loudly) crazy with all her responsibilities. The whole thing comes across as a ghastly mistake.
The moral of this tale seems to be: don't try to care for someone with Alzheimer's in your home, or if you must, at least make sure it's someone you cared about in the first place, not your husband's adoptive mother that you never had anything in common with. And if you are afraid of getting dementia yourself, as I am, don't read this book, well-written and fascinating though it is. Read something more hopeful, like Contented Dementia.
+20 Task (approved)
+ 5 Combo (10.3)
+10 Review
Post total: 35
Season Total: 140
15.5 BlackjackNotorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon-pub. 2015
C9- Title starts with "N"
C10- pub. in the '10s
Task=20
NaN=5
Female=5
Task Total=30
Grand Total=590
Tasks Completed=16
10.1 (45); 10.2 (30); 10.3 (30)
15.1 (25); 15.2 (30); 15.3 (30); 15.4 (20); 15.5 (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)
20.1 Edmund MorrisSlaves in the Family by Edward Ball
So engaging. The author narrates the audio version of this book and does a fabulous job. This heavily researched, Pulitzer prize winning history of the Ball family and the slaves who were forced into laboring on the rice plantations owned by the Balls. Mr. Ball describes the mixed reactions that he got to his research project--ranging from people who wanted nothing to do with him to those who ended up going back to visit the old plantation sites with him. He seems to have really engaged the project to try to figure out not only the history of the people but the lasting effects that slavery has had through the generations.
Highly recommended.
+20 Task (Pulitzer)
+10 Combo (10.8 - ancestors who went to jail; 20.7 - approved in thread)
+10 Review
+5 Jumbo (505pp)
Task total: 45
Grand total: 300
10.4 High Five DayThe Legacy of Lucy Harte by Emma Heatherington
"You are inside me. You are a part of me. You are within my every move. I feel like I know you, Lucy Harte, I really do. But you will never, ever know me."
Maggie was given a second chance of life when she was given a heart transplant eighteen years ago. Now she is at a low point in her life going through a divorce.
The brother of her organ donor contacts Maggie. He feels that it would help him deal with the loss of his sister, Lucy Harte, if he could meet Maggie. He gives Maggie the gift of Lucy's diary where she wrote of things she wanted to experience, and places she wanted to visit. Maggie decides to fulfill some of Lucy's dreams, and starts on a journey of self-discovery. She regains her sense of joy, and reaches out to mend fences.
Emma Heatherington is an author from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. She set this book in her home country as well as Nashville and France. "The Legacy of Lucy Harte" is women's fiction with a positive message about living life fully.
+10 task
+5 combo 20.8 Cup of Tea p 194 "I'll get you some tea, then," she says. "You look like you need some tea."
+10 review
Task total: 25
Season total: 320
15.1 Blackjack Round 2Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America; Essays by R. Eric Thomas
2 Spades ("to" in subtitle)
7 Spades (7 letters in "America")
Queen Clubs (LGBT MPG)
+15 Task
+ 5 Not fiction
Task total=20
Season total=505
15.6 BlackjackThe Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia
Jack of Diamonds - set in Russia 100%
7 of Hearts - ES in word SEVEN
Hand of 17
+20 task
+5 female author
Task total: 25
Grand total: 370
15.8 Blackjack I read Kojiki by Keith Yatsuhashi
Ace of Spades, 1st in a series
Jack of Diamonds, at least 75% in Asian country -- Japan
Points for Task = 30
Points This Task: 30
Total Points So Far: 290
10.6 Richard AdamsMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Lexile: 890
I loved the pictures in this book. I loved the idea of this book. I'm willing to continue the series just because of how inventive the concept is.
Unfortunately, I didn't love this book. I thought the writing was uneven and the effort to use the photographs ended up interfering with telling the story. I wanted more real character development. Jacob discovers what's happening, and gets better over time, but he felt more like a ten year old than a teenager.
I was planning to read this book out loud with my ten- and eight-year-old kids, but the beginning was too scary for them. Which is too bad, because this book ended up reading more like a middle-grade YA than like a crossover book.
+10 Task
+10 Review
+15 Combo (10.2, 10.3, 20.8 - "He led me to a chair in his office and went to make the tea." p. 96)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 335
From Post 167Karen Michele wrote: "20.10 It's a Mystery (Elizabeth(Alaska)'s Task)
Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
+20 Task
+10 Combo: 10.5 Sherlock Holmes / 10.9 Trilogy
+10 Oldies (1923)
Task Total:..."
+5 Combo 20.8
From Post 200Kelly wrote: "20.4 Robert Penn Warren
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
+20 Task (pub'd 1899)
+ 5 Combo (10.5 Sherlock Holmes)
+10 Oldies (pub'd 1899)
+10 1001
Post Total: 45
Season Tota..."
+5 Combo 20.6
20.10 It's a MysteryThe Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie
I was very pleased to find that Hoopla has an audio version of this collection of short stories. I have a copy of this book, which is in such a fragile state that I haven’t been able to read it for years.
The main characters in all of the stories are Mr Satterthwaite and Mr Quinn, although Mr Quin often has a very small role. Mr Quin’s appearance indicates that something is going to happen. He is the ‘supernatural’ element in the stories. Mr Satterthwaite has spent his life being an observer of human nature, and his acquaintance with Mr Quin heightens his ability to separate the wheat from the chaff to solve mysteries or crimes. I really enjoyed listening to these stories. Mr Satterthwaite is wealthy and an art patron, so he moves in both those circles. There was some really fun characterization (particularly the bullying Duchess); and some interesting locales.
If you are a fan of Poirot or Miss Marple, you might find this collection a little unusual. However, if you would like to try some of Christie’s short stories this is a well written collection that is worth reading. I also would recommend the audio book as read by Hugh Fraser – he added a lot with his various accents. 4.5*
20 task
10 review
10 oldie
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40
Running total: 725
13 owned/18 tasks (counted as owned, even though I listened to it via Hoopla)
10.8"Acorna the Unicorn Girl " by Anne McCaffrey
Task + 10
Female author + 10
Grand total: 90
10.9 TrilogyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
I see that other reviewers (and Wikipedia) compare McCarthy’s writing in this novel to Hemmingway. I suppose upon reflection, I can agree. However, I did find his writing in the first part of the novel turgid. I stuck with it though, and in the end I do feel rewarded, in that I am interested enough in the main character, John Grady, to want to read the rest of the trilogy. As well, I appreciated McCarthy’s loving description of the country that Grady rides through by the end of the novel. There were times I felt I had to suspend disbelief given the epic journey and all that went along with it was being undertaken by 16 year old boys. I guess this book is many things though: a (very hard-core, dark) coming of age story, a nostalgic look at a very different and lost time, a romance, and a story of someone trying to figure out their place in the world. 4*
10 task
10 review
10 1001 list
5 oldie
10 combo 20.4, 20.8*
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45
Running total: 770
* pg. 134 "Do you take milk? she said. No mam. She nodded. She poured the tea."
14 owned/19 tasks
10.10 Group ReadsThe Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
I chose this group read because it was available digitally from my closed library. The story is a bit syrupy for my tastes...but not an unpleasant read. A road trip around Japan....told from a cat's point of view. The cat's owner needs to find a new caregiver for the cat....and the reader meets some of the owner's friends and family. A few secrets are revealed along the way as well.
I have two cats of my own... and although I have an attachment to both of them....I don't think it is as expressive as the relationship here. Plus...my cats most certainly would not do well traveling in a car....and if they ever went outside (which they don't), I can't imagine them walking with me or coming when I called. LOL
Two stars....only because I don't want GR to add similar books to my recommended lists.
Task=10
Review=10
Combo= 15 (10.2; 20.8*; 20.9)
Task Total=35
Grand Total=625
*p.56-“After dinner, his mother made them tea.”
p.65-Satoru had some beer with his, but later drank only barley tea.”
Tasks Completed=17
10.1 (45); 10.2 (30); 10.3 (30); 10.10 (35)
15.1 (25); 15.2 (30); 15.3 (30); 15.4 (20); 15.5 (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)
10.9 Trilogy (Tien's Task)His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire #1) by Naomi Novik
book 9 of series includes note that it is "The final adventure…"
Review
Such a clever alternate history tale! There was no such thing as Aerial Corps during Napoleonic Wars IRL, of course, but in an alternate universe, there were dragons...
An exciting opening with the British Navy taking a French frigate as prize with a surprising find of a dragon egg on board. However, it is about to hatch with no land being in sight. The dragon must be harnessed immediately upon hatching, however, and so, with his sense of duty to country, Captain Will Laurence became the chosen handler. He never expected, however, that a dragon could prove to be such a sentient & intelligent being as Temeraire. As the country is faced with immediate invasion by the French, they are both swept into hard work & danger in defence of country.
I loved the relationship between Temeraire & Laurence. It's total bromance with a number of lines being that corny, if you didn't have context, you'd think you were reading a romance novel. Sweet, humorous, and it really just warmed your heart. Aside from this blossoming relationship, there were a few other surprises in the story and the last 1/3 was truly a thrilling action-packed so it was mostly an enjoyable & entertaining read. There was only that I felt a little conflicted with the battle and dragons being hurt & killed though I can't really explain the reason without spoilers so I'll just leave it at that.
+10 Task
+10 Review
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 570
15.4 BlackjackBack Of Beyond by C.J. Box
15 pts 15.4 Blackjack
Ace Hearts pub date has two 1s
3 spades 3-word title
4clubs main page genre: adventure, western, mystery, thriller
Ace Spades 1st in a Series
Cards used 15.1 -15.4 = 11
Task total: 15 pts
Season total: 250 pts
10.1 .... 10.3 .... .... .... .... 10.8 .... ....
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 .... .... .... .... .... ....
.... .... .... .... 20.5 .... .... 20.8. .... ...
From Post 249Beth wrote: "10.5 Holmes
Two Plays of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
Pub 1903
+10 task
+10 oldies
Task total: 20
Grand total: 345"
+5 Combo 10.4
20.10 It's a MysteryUncle Paul by Celia Fremlin
+20 task
+10 combo (10.8 - imprisoned character mentioned in GR description; 20.8 - tea)
+ 5 oldies (1960)
One of numerous tea quotes: "Now here were the two steaming cups of tea. Mildred set them on the table, and sat down opposite Meg, sipping her own tea and watching Meg in a silence that had somehow, imperceptibly, grown uneasy." (Pg. 180 of hardcover edition)
Task total=35
Grand total=540
15.6 BlackjackOur Man in Havana by Graham Greene
Dia 4 - Yours Mine and Ours
Spade 5 - Pub date 50s (1958)
Heart jack (#124 Best Anti-Heroes in Books)
+20 Task
+ 5 Before 1995
Task total = 25
Season total = 300
6 owned/10 read
20.8 My Cup of teaBarkskins by Annie Proulx
p428 Mr Bone had spread a mat on the ground and was sitting cross-legged on it drinking tea and eating baked yam and fruits
+20 Task
+10 Jumbo (717 pages)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 355
20.8 My Cup of TeaAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 320 pages, published 1903, BPL Lexile 970.
p. 79 They had a "perfectly elegant tea;" then came the delicious occupation of dressing in Diana's little room upstairs.
20 task
10 combo 10.5 Sherlock Holmes, 10.6 Richard Adams
10 oldie
10 review
Post total: 50
Season total: 100
I truly love this book. When first read the book in 2008, I rated it 4 stars. Now, upon rereading I give it a full 5 stars. I spent the last few chapters with tears in my eyes. Things I love about this book: the joyful spirit Anne exhibits in all she does and her appreciation of the beauties of the world, the wonderful way L. M. Montgomery built characters that I could recognize as if I really knew them, and the wholesome moral to the story. Yes, it is what we would now call young adult literature and it is filled with tropes found in stories for young girls. Its pattern is familiar and some might think of it as cliche. IThe book is wholesome rather than shocking and relies on the happy orphan girl stock character. Anne like Jane Eyre before her, or like Heidi, Rebecca or Pollyanna, brings joy to those around her and the whole cast of characters is better for her adoption. The entire book reminds me of my grandmother. My grandmother Irene was born in 1901 and much of her story resembles Anne's. Although not an orphan, grandmother lived on a farm with her elderly parents and attended a one room school house. She also had a childhood beau who became my grandfather. It is a sentimental story from the early 20th century that is joyful and comforting.
15.3 BlackjackDon't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane
♦9 (set +75% in Commonwealth country=set 100% in U.K.)
♣10 (orig. pub. in '10s=2018)
+5 Female
Task total: 20, 9 cards used
Season total: 330
20.10 - Women in TranslationThe Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg
+20 task
+5 Combo (20.8 - kindle loc 1443 - In the long pauses between the words, only the ticking of a clock could be heard along with the dainty slurping as they sipped their hot tea.)
Task total: 25
Grand total:370
15.5 BlackjackQuicksand and Cactus by Juanita Brooks
20 pts 15.5 Blackjack
8 diamonds orig pub date in the 80s (any century)
Queen Hearts title/subtitle has the letter Q
5 pts Not a novel
5 pts Female
5 pt Before 1995
Cards used 15.1 -15.5 = 13
Task total: 35 pts
Season total: 285 pts
10.1 .... 10.3 .... .... .... .... 10.8 .... ....
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 . .... .... .... .... ....
.... .... .... .... 20.5 .... .... 20.8. .... ...
10.10 Group ReadsLillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. The character and the story were packed with layers and loops of ideas and time. But the story was still easy to follow and had a light touch, even when talking about serious topics. Lillian would be an interesting character to meet and have a lunch with. I particularly liked how she said she was born in 1900, because 1899 made her sound so ancient. And I enjoyed her walk through the city, her determination, and her approach to the changes in her life and the roles she held in it. The way her emotional past and society's conventions are tangled up felt very real.
+10 task
+10 review
+10 combo (10.2, 10.4)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 405
20.2 August WilsonFear of the Dark by Walter Mosley
I was happy to see a spot for this book in this season’s tasks, but I’m sad as well – now I’ve finished this series (really a trilogy). I have just loved the Fearless Jones novels, and this one was no exception.
The actual narrator is Paris Minton, and the story is told effectively in first person. Fearless is his true and steadfast friend in the complex and uncertain world of early 1950s Compton. Paris is a small(ish) man and a self-admitted coward who would rather spend his time in his bookstore, reading. However, trouble often seems to come knocking on his door. In this case, in the form of his ne’er do well cousin (Ulysses/Useless) and a young woman Paris had a fling with. The knock on the door that forces Paris to action is from his Aunt Three-Hearts, who comes up from Louisiana to find her son, Useless. He and Fearless have to figure out where Useless has disappeared to and that involves figuring out exactly what racket he was involved in, and who with.
You really feel like you are in Compton/LA of that era, or at least it seems authentic to me. I like that the characters are racially diverse, and even though racism (on the part of the police) was a very real thing Mosley doesn’t overdo it – it’s just part of everyday and affects the decision making of Paris and Fearless. It is a well written addition to the mystery-noir genre. 4*
20 task
10 review
5 combo 20.8*
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35
Running total: 805
*Ch. 37 '…..and I boiled water for tea on one of my three hot plates." There were other tea references in later chapters, including specifically drinking English Breakfast. No page numbers as I read an ebook.
14 owned/20 tasks
15.4 BlackjackIn the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch by John Zada
10 of spades
Q of hearts = 20
+15 task
+5 not a novel
Task total: 20
Season total: 175
10.1 Thirst for MoreRead any book by an author by whom you have already read at least 5 titles before March 1, 2020. You can repeat this task as often as you wish and you can read books by as many different authors who fulfill the task for you. This task cannot be used for combo. A Susan Sontag Reader by Susan Sontag.
+ 10 Task
+ 5 1st pub’d 1982 (1945-1995)
Points for Task = 15
Total Points So Far: 305
The other five books by Susan Sontag which I have read before Mar 2020 are:
Against Interpretation and Other Essays
Illness as Metaphor
Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963
Styles of Radical Will
Under the Sign of Saturn: Essays
15.9 Blackjack Ways of Going Home by Alejandro Zambra
ACE of Hearts, 1st pub’d in 2011 (two 1s)
King of Diamonds, set in S Am country Chile
Points For Task: 30
Total Points So Far: 335
Task 10.4 High Five DayRead a book with exactly 5 words in the title (subtitles may be counted or not as benefits the reader).
For #20.8 Combo:
p. 122 She sat on a cushioned bench, grudgingly sipping tea Bjorn had brewed to restore her strength and ‘put hair on your chest.’”
The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library #1) (2019) by A.J. Hackwith (female) (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 375 pages)
+10 Task
+10 Combo (#10.2, #20.8)
Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20
Grand Total: 125 + 20 = 145
10.9 Trilogy (Tien's Task)Magyk by Angie Sage
Fyre (Septimus Heap #7) is the last book of the serie.
(920 Lexile)
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.6 - 104 000 ratings, 3.82 average)
Task total = 15
Points total = 140
10.1 - Thirst for MoreThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
(I've read all his books)
+10 Task
+15 Combo (10.4 - with subtitles ; 10.6 - 111k ratings and 3,9 average ; 20.8 - “Joffy poured some strong tea out of a Clarice Cliff teapot into a matching cup and saucer”)
Task total = 25
Points total = 165
Post 301 Marie wrote: "10.1 - Thirst for MoreThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
(I've read all his books)
+10 Task
+15 Combo (10.4 - with subtitles ; 10.6 - 111k ratings and 3,9 average ; 20...."
I'm sorry, Marie. The MPE for this title doesn't have any subtitle, so it doesn't work for 10.4 High Five.
10.4 High five dayHow Right You Are, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
This book was just the tonic for a forced stay at home. Bertie Wooster and Jeeves have been on my radar for some time, but this is the first one I’ve read. I picked it from Hoopla’s list of bonus borrows randomly, under the mistaken impression that it was a mystery. Of course, it’s not; it’s humor. It really was funny, and I had a lot of ‘laugh out loud’ moments while listening. Once again, I chose an audio book and I would recommend it. The reader did the voices well, and I think it added a lot to hear it told in an upper crust accent. There are silly antics, mistaken identity, best laid plans (that don’t work out), a fake butler, tea on the lawn, cocktails and a feisty red-head – all in a large country house. In other words, all the makings of a farce. It was very well done and enjoyable. I’m definitely looking forward to my next ‘Jeeves’! 4*
10 task
10 review
5 oldie
5 combo 20.8*
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30
Running total: 835
*Ch 12 'dishing out tea and crumpet', as well Bobbie serving tea on the lawn and other mentions (audio book, so no page numbers)
=>If you have access to Hoopla they are having a promotion(?) for 'a limited time' (which I think at this point is until the end of April) where you can borrow items from the 'Bonus borrows' titles. They won't count against your monthly entitlement. You may have to dig to find something you like, but there seems to be a lot of choice.
14 owned/21 tasks
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"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"
Sorry, Jayme. The Female Style this season is only for Blackjack.