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WI 21-22 Completed Tasks
20.5 WheelsWatership Down by Richard Adams
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.8)
+10 Lost in Translation (written in english, 1st language is french)
+10 Aged (died at 96 years old)
Task total = 45
Season total = 355
… ; 10.2 (x2) ; … ; 10.4 ; … ; 10.6 (x4) ; 10.7 (x3) ; 10.8 (x2) ; 10.9 ; …
15.1 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
… ; 20.2 ; … ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; … ; … ; 20.8 ; 20.9 (x2) ; …
15.2 CiV 10In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway (156 pages, pub’d 1925)
+20 Task (G-H, 141-180/541-580, 1918-1932)
Post total: 20
Season total: 85
Claimed to date:
10.1 - - - 10.5 - - - - -
15.1 15.2 - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - -
10.8 SinglesStay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It by Jennifer Michael Hecht
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.6 – letters in second in subtitle)
Post total: 15
Season total: 100
Claimed to date:
10.1 - - - 10.5 - - 10.8 - -
15.1 15.2 - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - -
10.6 NYE CountdownTime's Arrow by Martin Amis
+10 Task
+10 Combo (20.4 – MPG Thriller; 20.8 – Author initials MA in QUMRAN)
Post total: 20
Season total: 120
Claimed to date:
10.1 - - - 10.5 10.6 - 10.8 - -
15.1 15.2 - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - -
10.7 Genre-RichThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
+10 Task (MPGs Historical and Cultural)
+10 Aged
Post total: 20
Season total: 140
Claimed to date:
10.1 - - - 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 - -
15.1 15.2 - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - -
Post 454 Bucket wrote: "10.8 SinglesStay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It by Jennifer Michael Hecht
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.6 – letters in second in subtitle)
Post to..."
10.8 Singles cannot have a subtitle. We will score this for 10.6.
20.9 Madam Bovary Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett
+20 - Task
+20 - Combo ( 10.2-127 pages, 10.3-Ireland, 20.1-trilogy book#2, 20.2- pub 1951 4,343ratings)
+10 - Aged (1906-1989 83years)
+10 - LiT ( French)
+10 - Canon
Task Total - 70 pts
20.3 Frenchman's CreekThe Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf by William C. Davis
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.7 - 1770-1823; 20.9 - Laffite)
+10 Jumbo (756p)
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 1,040
20.4 Day of the JackalMidnight Come Again by Dana Stabenow
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.6 - time
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 695
20.1 Maid in waitingThe Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley
+20 Task Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 715
10.6 NYE CountdownThe Misfortunates by Dimitri Verhulst
+10 Task (Time, Minute, and Hour can all be made out of title.)
+10 LiT
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 80
Note: This book is set in Belgium. I think it turns that country green.
10.3 - LocationKill Shot: A Jack Lisbon Crime Thriller by Blair Denholm
+10 task - Australia
+5 missed combo post 319
Task total: 15
Grand total: 450
10.6 NYE CountdownWhen We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut
+10 task HOUR
+10 LIT
Task total: 20
Season total: 300
20.4 - Day of the JackalThe Missing Ones by Patricia Gibney
+20 task
+15 Combo (10.3 - Ireland, 10.6 - time, 10.7 - MYS, CUL)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 485
20.4 - Day of the JackalThe Stolen Girls by Patricia Gibney
+20 task
+10 Combo (10.3 - Ireland, 10.7 - MY, CUL)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 515
20.4 - Day of the JackalThe Lost Child by Patricia Gibney
+20 task
+10 Combo (10.3 - Ireland, 10.7 - MY, CUL)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 545
Updating Post 408:15.1 CiV10
Poems by Emily Dickinson, Series One, 80 pages, first published 1890 and
Poems by Emily Dickinson, Series Two, 94 pages, first published 1891
C-D/141-180, 541-580/1888-1902
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 185
No change in points, just amending to add the second read collection to fix my previous page issue :-)
20.5 WheelsNemesis by Agatha Christie
+20 Task
+15 Combo: 10.8, 20.4, 20.10
Task total: 35
Season total: 325
20.6 Hidden FiguresIn The Presence of The Sun: Stories and Poems by N. Scott Momaday
+20 Task, 2018 Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement
+10 Aged (he's 87)
+15 Combo: 10.6 hour = tHe sUn stORies; 20.2, 97 ratings, first pub 1992; 20.8
Task total: 45
Season total: 370
10.1 List LoversUsing list of Georges Simenon Roman Durs
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Red Lights by Georges Simenon
+10 task (#19)
+15 combo (10.7-mystery & cultural, 20.2, 20.4)
+10 LiT-French
+10 aged (1903–1989)
Task total=45
Season total=640
(Elizabeth, I knew there was a reason I hadn't chosen my list yet :)
20.6 Hidden FiguresMa Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson
20 pts 20.6 Hidden Figures
5 pts 10.2 Short
5 pts 10.6 NYE Countdown TIME
5 pts 10.7 Genre Rich CULTURAL HISTORICAL
5 pts 20.9 Madame Bovary
Task total. 40 pts
Total Season: 570 pts
10.1 … 10.3 10.4 … … … … 10.9 …
20.1 20.2 … 20.4 20.5 20.6 …20.8 20.9 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 … … … … … …
20.2 The Keys to the KingdomMaigret and the Toy Village by Georges Simenon
+20 task 710 ratings, published 1944
+25 combo 10.2 Short (139 pages); 10.6 NYE Countdown (time); 10.7 Genre-Rich (mystery, cultural>France); 20.4 Day of the Jackal (thriller); 20.9 Madame Bovary (Maigret)
+10 Lost in translation (from French)
+10 Aged (age 86, 1903-1989)
Task total: 65
Season total: 325
20.2 Keys to the KingdomRomanoff And Juliet by Peter Ustinov
20 pts 20.2 Keys to the Kingdom
5 pts 10.2 Short
5 pts 10.6 NYE Countdown TIME
5 pts 20.9 Madame Bovary
10 pts Aged
Task total. 45 pts
Total Season: 615 pts
10.1 … 10.3 10.4 … … … … 10.9 …
20.1 20.2 … 20.4 20.5 20.6 …20.8 20.9 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 … … … … … …
20.1 Maid in WaitingOne Fell Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles #3) by Ilona Andrews
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.8 - author's initials IA found in khIrbAt)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 1,065
20.3 Frenchman's CreekRead a book that features pirates.
Pirate Latitudes. Michael Crichton
+20 task
+5 combo (20.4)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 350
10.1;10.2;10.3;10.4;10.5;10.6;10.7;10.8;10.9;10.10
20.1;20.2;20.3;20.4;20.7;20.8;20.9;20.10
15.6 - CiV 10 Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson
{I-J-K} {221-260/621-660} {1948-1962}
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 390
Post 476 Mary wrote: "20.2 Keys to the KingdomRomanoff And Juliet by Peter Ustinov
20 pts 20.2 Keys to the Kingdom
5 pts 10.2 Short
5 pts 10.6 NYE Countdown TIME
5 pts 20.9 Madame Bovary..."
This was originally published in 2002, so doesn't qualify for 20.2. So that you only lose the combo points, we'll score it for 20.9 unless you have a different idea.
20.9 Madame BovaryThe Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis by José Saramago
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.7 historical/cultural)
+10 LiT
+10 Aged
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 465
20.1 Maid in waitingThe Invisible Guardian by Dolores Redondo
+20 Task
+10 Combo 10.7 Mystery & cultural, 20.4
+10 LiT translated from Spanish
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 765
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 476 Mary wrote: "20.2 Keys to the KingdomRomanoff And Juliet by Peter Ustinov
20 pts 20.2 Keys to the Kingdom
5 pts 10.2 Short
5 pts 10.6 NYE Countdown TIME
5 ..."
Edited. Could you double check the date? According to Wikipedia it was published in 1958. I think there is an error on the MPE, My copy had an earlier date as well. And I didn’t pay attention to the MPE date.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanof...
https://archive.org/details/romanoffj...
10.8 SinglesNovember by Georges Simenon
+10 task
+ 5 combo (20.2)
+10 LiT-French
+10 aged (1903–1989)
Task total=35
Season total=675
20.3 Frenchman’s CreekThe Last Bookaneer by Matthew Pearl
20 pts 20.3 Frenchman’s Creek. See post 6 in the task thread
5 pts 10.7 Genre Rich HISTORICAL MYSTERY
Task total. 25 pts
Total Season: 640 pts
10.1 … 10.3 10.4 … … … … 10.9 …
20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 …20.8 20.9 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 … … … … … …
10.2 ShortWhen the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo
+10 Task 128 pages
+5 Combo 10.6 minute
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 780
15.2 Christmas in Vegas 10th Anniversary! (CiV10)The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by Catherynne M. Valente
248 pages
Published 2013
V
+20 Task
Task total = 20
Season total = 375
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… ; 20.2 ; … ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; … ; … ; 20.8 ; 20.9 (x2) ; …
20.7 John AdamsLes naufragés de la Méduse by Jean-Christophe Deveney
Takes place in 1816 - 1818
+20 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 20
Season total = 395
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15.1 ; 15.2 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
… ; 20.2 ; … ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; … ; 20.7 ; 20.8 ; 20.9 (x2) ; …
Mary wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 476 Mary wrote: "20.2 Keys to the KingdomRomanoff And Juliet by Peter Ustinov
20 pts 20.2 Keys to the Kingdom
5 pts 10.2 Short
5 pts...
Edited. Could you double check the date? According to Wikipedia it was published in 1958. I think there is an error on the MPE"
Yes. Checked Worldcat. First edition in 1957. GR record has been corrected. We can score this for 20.2. Thank you!
10.8 Singles (Rosemary's Task)Brickmakers by Selva Almada
+10 Task
+10 Lost in Translation
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 515
10.10 Group ReadsBright Dead Things by Ada Limon
+10 Task
+. 5 Combo: 10.2 Short
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 530
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Mary wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 476 Mary wrote: "20.2 Keys to the KingdomRomanoff And Juliet by Peter Ustinov
20 pts 20.2 Keys to the Kingdom
5 pts 10...."
Thanks
Task 10.7 Genre-Rich (Coralie's Task)Read a book that has at least two of the following main page genres - science fiction, historical, mystery and cultural.
MPG of
Science Fiction
Historical
The Graveyard Game (The Company #4) (2001) by Kage Baker (Hardcover, 298 pages)
+10 Task
+05 Combo (#20.8 KhirBat qunran)
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 265 + 15 = 280
10.7 Genre - RichThe Lamplighters by Emma Stonex
+10 Task (historical fiction, mystery)
post total: 10
season total: 235
10.7 Genre-richRosa by Jonathan Rabb
+10 Task (historical/cultural)
+10 Combo (10.8, 20.1-Berlin Trilogy)
Task total = 20
Season total = 795
20.4 Day of the JackalMontalbano's First Case and Other Stories by Andrea Camilleri
+20 pts - Task
+15 pts - Combo (10.6- Time, 10.7- cultural & mystery, 20.9)
+10 pts - Aged (1925-2019, 94 yrs)
+10 pts - LiT (Italian)
+5 Pts - Jumbo (576 pages)
Task Total - 60 pts
20.2 The Keys to the KingdomThe Cat by Georges Simenon
+20 task
+ 5 combo (10.7-Mystery/Cultural)
+10 LiT-French
+10 aged (1903–1989)
Task total=45
Season total=720
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La Bibliomule de Cordoue by Lupano Wilfrid
The story centers around the Cordoba library in 976, his main librarian, and his attempt to save its books from being burned by storing as much as possible on a mule, making it a "mobile mule library" as the title refers it.
+10 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 10
Season total = 310
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… ; 20.2 ; … ; 20.4 ; … ; … ; … ; 20.8 ; 20.9 (x2) ; …