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WI 21-22 Completed Tasks
20.2 The Keys to the KingdomLegacy by Jeanette Baker
+20 task
+10 combo 10.7 Genre-Rich (Historical Fiction, Cultural>Scotland); 10.8 Singles
Task total: 30
Season total: 570
10.1 List Lovers (using Booker Prize)Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
+10 task
+5 combo 20.9 surname Bain
total post: 15
total season: 510
10.6 NYE countdownTwo Truths and a Lie by Meg Mitchell Moore
+10 task HOUR
total post: 10
total season: 520
Task 20.8 Dead Sea (Ed's Task)Read a book in which the author's first and last initial can be found in "KHIRBAT QUMRAN".
khirBAt qumran
Allison Brook (Pseudonym), Marilyn Levinson (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 329 pages)
+20 Task
+15 Combo (#10.4 set library, #10.6 hour = deatH OveRdUe, #20.4 MPG Thriller)
Task Total: 20 + 15 = 35
Grand Total: 515 + 35 = 550
10.6 NYE countdownOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
SECOND
+10 Pts - Task
+10 Pts - Combo (10.7 - historical, cultural, 20.9)
+10 Pts - Aged (1918-2008 90 yrs)
+10 Pts - Canon
+10 Pts - LiT ( Russian)
Task Total - 50 Pts
20.2 Keys to the Kingdom Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm
(4,528 ratings - pub 1911)
+20 Pts - Task
+10 Pts - Combo (20.8,20.9)
+10 Pts - Aged (1872 - 1956, 84 yrs)
+10 Pts - canon
Task Total - 50 Pts
I found this review on Amazon. (Smile) I guess anything written before the reviewers birth?
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2016
Verified Purchase
“I've heard positive things about the author for years, but the story was too out of date for me.”
10.3 - LocationA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
❄️set in Dublin❄️
YA assignment; 1060 Lexile
+10 Task
+05 Combo [10.6 - time]
+10 Canon
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 1000
10.6 - NYE CountdownOn Second Thought by Kristan Higgins
❄️ second in title ❄️
+10 Task
+05 Combo [20.8 - KH]
+100 RwS Finish
+200 Mega Finish
Post Total: 315
Season Total: 1315
Kristina Simon wrote: "+100 RwS Finish
+200 Mega Finish"
Congratulations! Well done!
20.1 - Maid in WaitingThe Lewis Man by Peter May
+20 task
+15 Combo (10.6 - time; 10.7 - MYS, CUL; 20.4)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 860
20.1 - Maid in WaitingThe Chess Men by Peter May
+20 task
+10 Combo (10.7 - MYS, CUL; 20.4)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 890
10.9 DiscoveryMurder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie by Carla Valentine
The books of Agatha Christie are definitely an interest in my life! I have read them all - most of them several times.
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.6 time)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 975
20.9 Madame BovaryNancy Mitford by Harold Acton
+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.2, 20.8)
+10 Aged (lived 1904-94)
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 1015
20.5 WheelsMrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie
+20 Task
+10 Aged
+15 Combo: 20.4, 20.9, 20.10
Task total: 45
Season total: 1665
20.1 Maid in WaitingThe Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope
+20 Task
+10 Combo 10.6 time, 20.8
+5 Jumbo 695 pages
+10 Canon
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 1300
15.10 CiV 10Being There
+85 Task I-J-K, 141-180/541-580, 1963-1977
Post Total: 85
CiV Completion: 100
Season Total: 1375
20.5 WheelsMonk's Hood by Ellis Peters
+20 Task
+15 Combo: 10.7 Genre-Rich (Historical & Mystery / 20.1 Maid in Waiting (Cadfael Chronicles) / 20.4 Day of the Jackal
+10 Aged
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 1420
15.7 CiV 10The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare by Lilian Jackson Braun
+55 Task A-B, 181-220 pages (208), and 1978-1992
Post Total: 55
Season Total: 1070
20.1 Maid in WaitingThe Ways of the World by Robert Goddard
+20 Task (Wide World Trilogy)
+10 Combo (10.7 - historical/mystery; 20.4)
Task total = 30
Season total = 1615
20.3 Frenchman's CreekCaptain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
+20 task
+15 combo (20.1, 20.9, 20.10)
+10 aged (1875–1950)
Task total=45
Season total=1050
10.7 Genre- richThe Case at Barton Manor by Emily Queen
mystery + historical fiction
10 task
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10
100 RwS finish
200 Mega finish
______
310
Running total: 1440 (still using my numbers, not the Readerboards')
Valerie wrote: "100 RwS finish
200 Mega finish"
Congratulations! Well done!
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Valerie wrote: "100 RwS finish
200 Mega finish"
Congratulations! Well done!"
Thanks! I didn't think it was going to happen after 'The Swarm'.... that kind of killed the momentum.
20.4 Day of the JackelGame On: Tempting Twenty-Eight by Janet Evanovich
20 pts 20.4 Day of the Jackel
5 pts NYE Countdown TIME
10 pts Aged
Task total. 40 pts
Total Season: 1000 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 SeaThe Door by Margaret Atwood
+20 Task
+10 Aged
+5 Combo: 10.2, 120 pages
Task total: 35
Season total: 1700
Congrats on your MegaFinish, Valerie!!
20.9 Madame BovaryMaigret and the Old People 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 = 1675
and that's it for me, folks!
20.7 John AdamsZastrozzi by Percy Bysshe Shelley
I was working on The Old Curiosity Shop for this final task, but found myself only half way through yesterday, so I searched around and found this fun, gothic, short first book by Shelley;)
+20 Task
+15 Combo: 10.2 Short / 10.8 Singles / 20.9 Madame Bovary
Post Total: 35
RwS Finish: 100
Mega Finish: 200
Season Total: 1755
10.6 New Year's EveSkinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous! by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin
+10 Task (second)
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 1080
Somehow I didn't notice that I only had one book left for an RwS finish, and it's too late now! Even if I managed to read it tomorrow, I won't be able to get online to post it. So that's all from me for this season.
Thank you all so much for another wonderful challenge! Here's to spring!
20.1 Maid In WaitingShadow and Light: A Novel by Jonathan Rabb
This was supposed to be the book that was going to bridge to next season, figuring that it would qualify for some task. But couldn’t stop halfway.
+20 task
+10 combo (10.7, 20.4)
Task total: 30
Season total: 515
Karen Michele wrote: "RwS Finish: 100
Mega Finish: 200"
Congratulations! Well done!
Kathleen (itpdx) wrote: "This was supposed to be the book that was going to bridge to next season, figuring that it would qualify for some task. But couldn’t stop halfway."I'm thrilled to see this! (And it will work for next season - and the next in the series, if you want to get it.)
10.9 DiscoveryModern Color--An Illustrated Guide to Dyeing Fabric for Modern Quilts by Kim Eichler-Messmer
+10 Task
+10 Combo: 10.2, 144 pages; 10.6, COlor aN illuStratED
Task total: 20
Season total: 1720
20.8 Dead SeaThe Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
+20 task
+ 5 combo 10.7 Genre-Rich (Historical Fiction and Cultural>African-American)
Task total: 25
Season total: 595
CiV 15.1The High House by Jessie Greengrass
G-H, 261-300 pages, 2008-2022
Task total: 15
Season total: 610
Task 20.4 Day of the JackalRead a book with a main page genre of "thriller".
The Devil's Hearth (Fever Devilin #1) (2003) by Phillip DePoy (Hardcover, 244 pages)
+20 Task
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 550 + 20 = 570
10.7 Genre-Rich (Coralie's Task)11/22/63 by Stephen King
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.4)
+15 Jumbo (849 pp)
+10 Aged
Points this post: 40
RwS total: 280
CiV total: 550
Season Total: 830
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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 ....
10.1 List LoversGet in Trouble by Kelly Link
+10 Task
Points this post: 10
RwS total: 290
CiV total: 550
Season Total: 840
10.1 .... .... 10.4 .... 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 ....
10.9 DiscoveryThe Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War by Delphine Minoui
10 pts 10.9 Discovery. Interest Current world events
5 pts 10.6 NYE Countdown HOUR
5 pts 10.4 Vocation
10 pts Translation
Task total. 30 pts
Total Season: 1030 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 … … … …
10.6 NYE CountdownThe Joy and Light Bus Company by Alexander McCall Smith
+10 Task (Time)
+10 Aged
+. 5 Combo: 10.7 Genre-Rich (mystery & cultural)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 1780
On to spring! Congratulations to all of the finishers and thank you mods!
10.8 SinglesSundiver by David Brin
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.7 - Mystery & Science Fiction)
+10 Aged (author born 1950 - still living)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 365
20.8 Dead Sea (Ed's Task)The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne
Task=20
Comb0= 10 (10.6-"hour"; 20.4)
Task Total=30
Grand Total= 160
20.8 Dead SeaBe Organized: Reclaim 90 Minutes of Your Day, Every Day by Marie Ricks
20 pts 20.8 Dead Sea
5 pts 10.6 NYE Countdown TIME
Task total. 25 pts
Total Season: 155 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 … … … …
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+20 Task
+10 Aged
+15 Combo: 20.4, 20.9, 20.10
Task total: 45
Season total: 1620