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WI 21-22 Completed Tasks
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20.1- Maid in Waiting Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews first book in the Innkeeper Chronicles
Task: 20
Combo: 5- 20.8
Post total: 25
Season total: 175
20.8- Dead SeaThe Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Task: 20
Combo 5: 10.7- SF, Historical
Post total: 25
Season total: 215
20.2 The Keys to the KingdomThe Glass Cage by Georges Simenon
+20 task
+10 combo (10.2, 10.7-Mystery, Cultural>France)
+10 LiT-French
+10 aged (1903–1989)
Task total=50
Season total=950
Task 20.2 The Keys to the KingdomRead a book with 5k or fewer ratings and published in the 20th century (1901-2000).
For Combo:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Svee
Born: 1943
Died: July 14, 2019
2019 – 1943 = 76
Sanctuary (1990) by Gary D. Svee
Spur Award for Best Western Novel (1990)
+20 Task
+10 Combo (#10.5 Western Writer, #10.8 One Word Title)
+10 Aged (age 75 or greater)
Task Total: 20 + 10 + 10 = 40
Grand Total: 445 + 40 = 485
15.6 Christmas in Vegas 10The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2010 by Dave Eggers
45 pts 15.6 Christmas in Vegas 10
E-F 381-420/781-820 1993-2007
Task total. 45 pts
Total Season: 925 pts
10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 … 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 10.10
20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 … 20.8 20.9 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 … … … …
Post 689 Kristina Simon wrote: "20.10 - Pulp (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
+20 Task
+15 Combo [10.6 - time; 20.4; 20.5]
+10 Aged [1890 - 1976 (86)]
Post Tota..."
I'm sorry, Kristina. This is a YA Assignment at BPL and has a Lexile of 690. Task, but no styles.
http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary....
20.10 PulpThe High Window by Raymond Chandler
+20 Task
+ 5 combo (20.4)
Task total = 25
Season total = 1075
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 689 Kristina Simon wrote: "20.10 - Pulp (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)I'm sorry, Kristina. This is a YA Assignment at BPL and has a Lexile of 690. Task, but no styles.."
Whoops. Sorry! Forgot to check. Thanks for letting me know, Elizabeth! I'll adjust my scores.
15.10 Christmas in Vegas 10 The Enigma of Arrival: A Novel in Five Sections by V.S. Naipaul
N-O, 381-420/781-820, 1978-1992
85 task
100 finishing bonus
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185
Running total: 1080
20.2 The Keys to the KingdomInspector Ghote Breaks an Egg by H.R.F. Keating
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.7 cultural & mystery, 20.8, 20.9)
+10 Aged
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 840
10.9 Discovery (Bea's Task via Tien)A Doubter's Guide to the Bible: Inside History’s Bestseller for Believers and Skeptics by John Dickson
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.6 - hour found in dOUbteR's History)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1,625
10.10 Group ReadsFirekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
YA - 720L
+10 Task
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 1,635
10.5 - ZaneTortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
+10 Task
YA assignment; no Lexile score - no style points
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 910
20.9 Madame BovaryGrowing Up Biden by Valerie Biden Owens
+20 task
+ 5 combo 10.9 Discovery (interest in politics and history)
+10 aged (born 11/5/45; age 76)
Task total: 35
Season total: 515
10.9 DiscoveryTears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson
(Non-fiction book informing my personal and professional anti-racism work)
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.6 – Word: WATCH)
Post total: 15
Season total: 270
Claimed to date:
10.1(2x) - - 10.4 10.5 10.6(2x) 10.7(2x) – 10.9(2x) -
15.1 15.2 - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - -
10.6 NYE CountdownExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (Word: TIME)
+10 Task
Post total: 10
Season total: 280
Claimed to date:
10.1(2x) - - 10.4 10.5 10.6(3x) 10.7(2x) – 10.9(2x) -
15.1 15.2 - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - -
15.3 CiV 10An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (308 pages, pub’d 2018)
+25 Task I-J-K, 301-340/701-740, 2008-2022
Post total: 25
Season total: 305
Claimed to date:
10.1(2x) - - 10.4 10.5 10.6(3x) 10.7(2x) – 10.9(2x) -
15.1 15.2 15.3 - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - -
10.2 ShortNatural Histories: Stories by Guadalupe Nettel
+10 Task 128 pages
+5 Combo 10.6 hour
+10 LiT published in Spanish
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 1115
15.7 CiV 10At the Villa Rose by A.E.W. Mason
+55 Task L-M, 301-340/701-740, 1903-1917
Post Total: 55
Season Total: 890
10.1 List LoversMe by Amber McBride
+10 Task: National Book Awards 2021
https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-p...
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 900
10.2 ShortThe Brothers by Asko Sahlberg
+10 Task
+10 Lost in Translation
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 920
20.4 Day of the JackalThe Ice Child by Camilla Läckberg
+20 Task
+. 5 Combo: 10.7 Genre-Rich
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 975
10.1 List LoversFrom the Goodreads Choice Awards nominees list (https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/...)
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.8)
+10 Lost in Translation (written in english, first language french)
Task total = 25
Season total = 595
10.1 ; 10.2 (x4) ; 10.3 ; 10.4 ; … ; 10.6 (x4) ; 10.7 (x3) ; 10.8 (x2) ; 10.9 ; 10.10
15.1 ; 15.2 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
… ; 20.2 ; 20.3 ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; … ; 20.7 ; 20.8 ; 20.9 (x3) ; 20.10
10.5 ZaneThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
+10 Task
+15 Combo (20.8 ; 20.9 ; 20.10)
+10 Lost in Translation (written in english, first language french)
Task total = 35
Season total = 630
10.1 ; 10.2 (x4) ; 10.3 ; 10.4 ; 10.5 ; 10.6 (x4) ; 10.7 (x3) ; 10.8 (x2) ; 10.9 ; 10.10
15.1 ; 15.2 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
… ; 20.2 ; 20.3 ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; … ; 20.7 ; 20.8 ; 20.9 (x3) ; 20.10
10.9 Discovery Ouagadougou Pressé by Roukiata Ouedraogo
Woman's autobiographies
+10 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 10
Season total = 640
10.1 ; 10.2 (x4) ; 10.3 ; 10.4 ; 10.5 ; 10.6 (x4) ; 10.7 (x3) ; 10.8 (x2) ; 10.9 (x2) ; 10.10
15.1 ; 15.2 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
… ; 20.2 ; 20.3 ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; … ; 20.7 ; 20.8 ; 20.9 (x3) ; 20.10
10.6 NYE CountdownSmallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert
+10 Task (Second)
+15 Combo (20.2, 20.4, 20.9)
+10 Aged (1912-2006)
Task total = 35
Season total = 1110
20.8 Dead SeaBlackveil by Kristen Britain
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.8
+5 Jumbo 672 pages
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1145
20.4 Day of the JackalA Deadly Cambodian Crime Spree by Shamini Flint
+20 Task
+10 Combo 10.6 second, 10.7 mystery & cultural
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1175
10.1 List LoversBest Southern Books list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
Task total: 10
Season total: 525
10.2 ShortNotes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
136p
+10 Task
+10 Canon
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 1,655
20.7 John AdamsNorthanger Abbey by Jane Austen
❄️ first published 1817 ❄️
YA Assignment - 1120 Lexile
+20 Task
+05 Combo [20.5}
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 935
20.7 John AdamsPamela by Samuel Richardson
+20 task published 1801
+ 5 combo 10.8 single
total post: 25
total season: 395
RwS Finish Bonus10.1 At Night All Blood is BlackDavid Diop
10.2 The House on Mango StreetSandra Cisneros
10.3 The Guest ListLucy Foley
10.4 The Last Chance LibraryFreya Sampson
10.5 Creede of Old MontanaStephen Bly
10.6 The Christmas HouseVictoria James
10.7 The LamplightersEmma Stonex
10.8 DarknessKaren Robards
10.9 Relics: A History of the World Told in 133
ObjectsWeldon Owen
10.10 The Stranger Harlan Coben
20.1 The Isle of Gold Seven Jane
20.2 Sleeping Dogs Thomas Perry
20.3 DjiboutiElmore Leonard
20.4 The Left-Handed TwinThomas Perry
20.5 The Woman in WhiteWilkie Collins
20.6 Burnt ShadowsKamila Shamsie
20.7 PamelaSamuel Richardson
20.8 The Silent PatientAlex Michaelides
20.9 Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate MemoirClint Hill
20.10 Death on the NileAgatha Christie
post total: 100
season total: 495
Post 733 Marie wrote: "10.9 Discovery Ouagadougou Pressé by Roukiata Ouedraogo
Woman's autobiographies
+10 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 10
Season total = 640
10..."
Marie, does any of this take place in Burkina Faso? As much as 51%?
15.8 CiV 10Balthazar by Lawrence Durrell
+65 Task C - D, 261-300/661-700 pages, and 1948-1962
Post Total: 65
Season Total: 1040 (I think my total is off by 10, but I'm not sure)
20.3 Frenchman's CreekPirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 20.4 Day of the Jackal
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 1065
20.4 Day of the JackalThe Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.7 mystery & science fiction
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 1200
20.6 Hidden FiguresInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.8)
+100 RwS Finish
+200 Mega Finish
Post Total: 325
Season Total: 1,980
Tien wrote: "+100 RwS Finish
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20.1 Maid in WaitingL'enfance de l'art by Loïc Clément and Anne Montel
It is to be a trilogy (https://www.editions-ruedesevres.fr/m... : "Série en 3 tomes")
+20 Task
No style points, graphic novel
Task total = 20
Season total = 660
10.1 ; 10.2 (x4) ; 10.3 ; 10.4 ; 10.5 ; 10.6 (x4) ; 10.7 (x3) ; 10.8 (x2) ; 10.9 (x2) ; 10.10
15.1 ; 15.2 ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; … ; …
20.1 ; 20.2 ; 20.3 ; 20.4 ; 20.5 ; … ; 20.7 ; 20.8 ; 20.9 (x3) ; 20.10
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Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger, 302 pages, pub 1953
S-T-U/301-340, 701-740/1948-1962
+85 Task
Task total: 85
+100 Finisher Bonus
+200 MegaFinish
Season total: 1460
(I *think* this is my correct total, after adding in missed points that Kate found for me)