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WI 21-22 Completed Tasks
Well done, Tien! Quite the score, too!
Task 10.4 VocationRead any book that takes place in a library or bookstore OR a biography/memoir of a bookstore owner or librarian.
The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library #1) (2014) by Genevieve Cogman
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 485 + 10 = 495
10.10 Group ReadsJamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
+10 Task
+25 Combo (10.7 - hist/mys, 20.3, 20.4, 20.5, 20.7)
+10 Aged (1907-1989)
Task total = 45
Season total = 1155
10.8 SinglesLowboy by John Wray
+10 Task
Post total: 10
Season total: 315
Claimed to date:
10.1(2x) - - 10.4 10.5 10.6(3x) 10.7(2x) 10.8 10.9(2x) -
15.1 15.2 15.3 - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - -
10.1 List LoversCloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
+10 Task:
+. 5 Combo: 10.6 NYE Countdown (Clock)
+. 5 Jumbo
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 1095 (Corrected Total)
10.8 SinglesFirebird by Jack McDevitt
+10 Task
+5 Combo 10.7 mystery & science fiction
+10 Aged
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 1225
20.8 Dead Sea (Ed's Task)Dreaming of Zhou Gong (The Timekeepers #1) by Traci Harding
author's initials, TH, found in kHirbaT
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.6 - hour found in dReaming of zHOU gong; 10.7 - science fiction & cultural)
+5 Jumbo (624p)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 2,015
Valerie wrote: "Well done, Tien! Quite the score, too!"Thanks, Valerie :D
20.5 WheelsDeath on the Nile by Agatha Christie
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.4, 20.10)
+10 Aged
Points this post: 40
RwS total: 215
CiV total: 550
Season Total: 765
.... .... .... .... .... 10.6 .... 10.8 .... ....
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 15.9 15.10
20.1 20.2 .... 20.4 20.5 .... .... 20.8 20.9 ....
20.2 The Keys to the KingdomMurder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry
❄️ 3,812 ratings; first published 1991 ❄️
+20 Task
+10 Combo [10.6 - time; 20.4]
+10 Aged (Jan 19, 1940 - Nov 20, 2020) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Henry
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 975
20.4 - Day of the JackalDaylight by David Baldacci
+20 task
+5 Combo - 10.8
Task total: 25
Grand total: 785
10.7 - Genre-RichEntry Island by Peter May
+10 task - MYS, CUL
+5 Combo - 20.4
Task total:15
Grand total: 800
20.9 Madame BovaryMaigret and the Good People of Montparnasse by Georges Simenon
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.6 - time, 10.7 - mystery/cultural, 20.2, 20.4)
+10 Aged
+10 LiT
Task total = 60
Season total = 1215
20.1 Maid In WaitingRosa by Jonathan Rabb
Thank you, Elizabeth (Alaska)
+20 task
+ 15 combo (20.4, 10.7, 10.8)
Task total: 35
Season total: 455
10.5 ZaneThe Tie That Binds by Kent Haruf
+10 task
+ 5 combo 20.8 Dead Sea
Task total: 15
Season total: 540
10.7 Genre RichLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
+10 Task (Mystery & Science Fiction)
Task total: 10
Grand total: 265
20.5 WheelsMore About Paddington by Michael Bond Lexile 880
+20 Task (Paddington Bear series)
+20 Combo 10.2, 10.6 (time), 20.2, 20.8 (MB)
+10 Aged
Task Total: 50
Season Total: 465
20.4 Day of the JackalThe Swarm by Frank Schätzing
20 task
15 jumbo
5 combo 10.7
10 LiT
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50
Running total: 1130
Task 10.8 Singles (Rosemary's Task)Read a book with a one-word title (no subtitles).
Jailbird (1979) by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
+10 Task
+10 Aged (age 75 or greater)
Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20
Grand Total: 495 + 20 = 515
20.7 John AdamsDesperate Sons: The Secret Band of Radicals Who Led the Colonies to War by Les Standiford
20 pts 20.7 John Adams
5 pts NYE Countdown SECOND
10 pts Aged
Task total. 35pts
Total Season: 960 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 20.7 20.8 20.9 20.10
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 … … … …
20.8 Dead SeaA Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.6 - Time, 20.4)
+10 Aged (1930-2015)
Task total = 40
RwS Finish = 100
Mega Finish = 200
Season total = 1555
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "20.8 Dead SeaA Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.6 - Time, 20.4)
+10 Aged (1930-2015)
Task total = 40
RwS Finish = 100
Mega Finish = 200
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Wow - look at you 'mega' finishing with time to spare! Well done!
Thanks, Valerie. No jumbo points for me this season. ;-)
20.4 Day of the JackalThe Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
The readerboard is showing me with 10 points more than I expected.
I will just assume Kate is right on this :)
So...
Season Total: 890
20.7 John AdamsMichael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist
+20 Task (pub 1810)
+15 Combo (10.2, 10.7, 20.8 approved in General Questions, 20.9)
+10 LiT
+10 Canon (approved in General Questions)
Post Total: 60
Season Total: 950
20.7 John AdamsThe Year Without Summer by Guinevere Glasfurd
+20 Task (1815-16)
+5 Combo (10.6 Hour)
Points this post: 25
RwS total: 240
CiV total: 550
Season Total: 790
.... .... .... .... .... 10.6 .... 10.8 .... ....
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 15.9 15.10
20.1 20.2 .... 20.4 20.5 .... 20.7 20.8 20.9 ....
20.3 PiratesDjibouti by Elmore Leonard
+20 Task
+10 Aged
+20 Combo (10.5, 10.7 - Cultural & Mystery, 10.8, 20.10)
Task total: 50
Grand total: 325
I see Rosemary claimed 10 canon for Michael Kohlhaas which I did not, maybe this is part of my points discrepancy?? Also, she should get 5 for 10.7 combo.
15.4 CiV 10Death and the Dervish by Meša Selimović (473 pages, pub’d 1966)
+30 Task S-T-U, 461-500861-900, 1963-1977
Post total: 30
Season total: 345
Claimed to date:
10.1(2x) - - 10.4 10.5 10.6(3x) 10.7(2x) 10.8 10.9(2x) -
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - -
20.8 Dead Sea (Ed's Task)Royal Assassin (The Farseer Trilogy #2) by Robin Hobb
author's initials, RH, found in kHiRbat
+20 Task
+10 Jumbo (752p)
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 2,045
10.6 NYE Countdown On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
+10 task HOUR
Season total: 485
15.9 CiV 10Doña Barbara by Rómulo Gallegos
+75 Task G-H, 421-460/821-860, 1918-1932
Post Total: 75
Season Total: 1170
10.7 Genre-RichVita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko
+10 Task: Science Fiction and Cultural
+10 Lost in Translation
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 1190
10.7The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
+10 task (historical, mystery)
+5 20.4
Task total = 15
Season total = 105
20.4My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
+20 task
+10 Combo (10.6, time, 20.1, “Lake Witch Trilogy #1”)
Task total = 30
Season total = 135
20.9 Madame BovaryArsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes by Maurice Leblanc
+20 Task
+10 LiT
+10 Aged (1864-1941)
+15 Combo: 10.6, hour = veRsUs HerlOck; 10.7, mystery and cultural; 20.2, pub. 1908, 4070 ratings
Task total: 55
Season total: 1515
Congrats, Elizabeth and Tien, on huge MegaFinishes!
And thank you for the congrats, Elizabeth and Valerie :-)
20.8 Dead SeaThe Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide
+20 Task
+10 LiT
+5 Combo: 10.2, 140 pages
Task total: 35
Season total: 1550
10.4 VocationDewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
+10 Task
+10 Aged (b. 1947)
+5 Combo: 10.6, watch = THe CAt Who
Task total: 25
Season total: 1575
20.8 Dead SeaNazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolaño
+20 Task (initials RB)
+10 Lost in Translation (translated from the Spanish)
+5 Combo (10.6 – time)
Post total: 35
Season total: 380
Claimed to date:
10.1(2x) - - 10.4 10.5 10.6(3x) 10.7(2x) 10.8 10.9(2x) -
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 - - - - - -
- - - - - - - 20.8 - -
20.2 The Keys to the KingdomHillsboro People by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
+20 Task
+10 Aged
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1255
20.8 Dead SeaWhere You Once Belonged by Kent Haruf
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.5, 10.6 - hour)
Task Total = 30
Season total = 1585
20.2 The Keys to the KingdomUncle Charles Has Locked Himself in by Georges Simenon
+20 task
+15 combo (10.2, 10.6-CLOCK, 10.7-Mystery, Cultural>France)
+10 LiT-French
+10 aged (1903–1989)
Task total=55
Season total=1005
15.1 CiV 10Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School by Kendra James
I-J-K/301-340/2008-2022
Task total: 15
Grand total: 340
Valerie wrote: "I see Rosemary claimed 10 canon for Michael Kohlhaas which I did not, maybe this is part of my points discrepancy?? Also, she should get 5 for 10.7 combo."Thank you, Valerie! I have edited my post.
15.5 CiV 10 The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells (192 pages, pub’d 1897)
+35 Task V-W-X-Y-Z, 181-220 / 581-620, 1888-1902
Post total: 35
Season total: 415
Claimed to date:
10.1(2x) - - 10.4 10.5 10.6(3x) 10.7(2x) 10.8 10.9(2x) -
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 - - - - -
- - - - - - - 20.8 - -
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Lifetime achievement award
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.7 : Historical, Cultural
+10 Lost in Translation (written in english, first language french)
+10 Aged (died aged 91)
Task total = 45
+100 RwS Finish
Season total = 805
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 ; 20.6 ; 20.7 ; 20.8 ; 20.9 (x3) ; 20.10