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20.2 The Virgin of the RocksMigrations by Charlotte McConaghy
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.7 Strange New Worlds
Task total = 25
Season total = 430
20.2 The Virgin of the RocksThe Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.9 Anniversaries (261)
Task total = 25
Season total = 455
20.9 Beware the Ides of March (Joanna's task)The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
+20 Task: conspiracy surrounding a copy of a Dumas Three Musketeers book
+15 Combo: 10.3 St Patrick's Day (1993) / 10.9 Anniversaries (362) / 20.10 World of Crime (Spain/Spanish)
+10: 1001
+10: Lost in Translation (Spanish)
Task total = 55
Season total = 510
15.4 HDYGG?The Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock, and Big Life Lessons Down on Mischief Farm by Hilarie Burton Morgan
Rhinebeck = RUTABAGA
Dutchess County = DAIKON
ThERurAldiarieSlovelivestockandbiglifelessonsdownonmischieffarm = ASTER
theruraldiArIEslOvelivestockaNdBiGlifelessonsdownonmischieffarm = BEGONIA
theruralDiarieslovelivestOckAnDbIgLiFelessonsdownonmischieFfarm = DAFFODIL
theruraldiariesloELlIVesTockandbiglifelessOnsdownonmischieffarm = VIOLET
therUraldiarieslovelivestoCkandbiglifelessonsdownOnmiSChieffaRm = CROCUS
7 Plants, +5 Flower Bonus
Task total: 20, 24 total plants
Season total: 305
30.1 Go for the Green ReduxTimor Leste
East Timor: Testimony by Elaine Briere
30 pts 30.1 Go for Green Redux
I am not going to claim styles since over half the pages are photographs
Task Total: 30 pts
Season Total: 370 pts
Post 256
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15.6 HDYGG?Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Flowers:
BefORE we sAy Goodbye - BORAGE
Vegetables:
Japan - JALAPENO
Herbs: page count = 240
n/a
Count: 1 flower / 1 vegetable
Total count (overall) : 7 flower / 11 vegetables / 8 herbs
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 270
15.2 HDYGGQueenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Set in London, England
MPE page count: 330
Vegetables : leek, endive
Post: 15
Post total: 15
Total plants: 7
Season total: 90
Anika wrote: "Tawallah wrote: "15.1 - HDYGGWhen the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen
Set in Kipsen, North Carolina, USA
Flower : cosmos "
Unfortunately, the title you're cl..."
I will switch to rose and keep the plant count.
20.6 - Fruit Dish, Bottle and ViolinThe Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
POVs: Elizabeth, Joyce, Donna, Chris, Ibrahim, Ian, Tony, Bogdan
Task: 20
Combo : 5 (20.7 - Chris takes a trip to Cyprus)
Post total: 25
Season total: 115
20.8 Fancy Meeting You HereThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Well, it worked out for the best that the first book I chose for this task ended up not fulfilling it! After looking at Rosemary’s suggestions in the task thread, I realized this book was on my TBR list!
I always feel it could go either way with another author ‘continuing the story’ of iconic characters. Luckily, King made the very good choice of moving Holmes to ‘retirement’ in the country. Of course, you have to suspend disbelief a little especially if you are a fan of the original stories. I’m not sure if Holmes, in his London heyday (as written by Conan Doyle) would be open to befriending/tutoring/mentoring a strong-willed teen-age girl – however it works here. Mary Russel is a very strong character in her own right, and I think this ‘origin’ story (for the series) is very well done. We get to know Mary, her background and motivations; and we get to see her relationship with Holmes evolve. I also particularly enjoyed Watson appearing as ‘Uncle John”. I need another series like another hole in the head, but I definitely would like to continue with this one. 4*
20 task
10 review
15 combo 10.4, 20.5, 20.7 (Holmes + Russell travel to Palestine)
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45
Running total: 625
20.5 Surprised!Hunter's Moon by Annabel Chase
+20 Task, apostrophe
+15 Combo: 10.3, #3 in "Hex Support" trilogy; 10.5 "Man on the MOON"; 20.3 Kit has Isis (her feline familiar) and Mr. Montgomery has Shiela (what a terrible cat name!)
Task total: 35
Season total: 340
15.4 HDYGGBad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
Flowers
badbLoodsecretsandLIesinasiliconvalleYstartup lily
badblOodSEcRetsandliesinasiliconvalleystartup rose
badbloOdsecrETsandliesnasILiconValleystartup violet
badbLoodsecretsandliesinasilIcoNvallEystartUP lupine
Vegetable
California-cucumber
Herb
339
9-Chamomile
Task total: 4-flowers/1-vegetable/1-herb
Season total: 10-flowers/3-vegetables/7-herbs
Task total: 15
Season total: 80
15.7 HDYGG?Beauty and the Clockwork Beast by Nancy Campbell Allen
Flowers:
beaUty and the ClOCkwoRk beaSt - CROCUS
Vegetables:
Scotland - SPINACH
Herbs: page count = 318
n/a
Count: 1 flower / 1 vegetable
Total count (overall) : 8 flower / 12 vegetables / 8 herbs
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 285
10.9 Anniversaries (Apple's task)Shadows and Light (Tir Alainn #2) by Anne Bishop
+10 Task (420p)
+10 Combo (10.4 - 1955; 20.6 - about 6 {POVs)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 305
10.4 Baby BoomRead a book by a Boomer Generation author born in the 10 years 1950-1959.
Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith
Lexile Score 880
Sherwood Smith was born in 1951
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwoo...
Review:
The first book of 2. This one begins the tale of Bran and Meliara (Mel), two young country royals, who, after the death of their father. pick up his fight to bring the throne down.
All in all it was a cute, short story. It was very light on fantasy and the romance still is in the first stages, so no sign of that either, though obvious to any reader it is headed in that direction, Mel is a very head-strong character, I really did not like her all that much. Bran, for me anyway, was "eh, what a woos". Towards the end he found his footing, he could develop well in book #2. Am I going to read that? Chances are good if I can get it in time to use for another challenge. No anticipation that it will rate any higher than this book though.
+ Task 10 Points
+ Review 10 Points
Task Points 20
Season Total 295
10.5 Golden Broadway ShowsThe Word is Queen
The Strangled Queen
Review:
The second book in the series centered on the Capet line of Kings, in medieval France. This second book begins just after the death of Philip The Fair. His son Louis is crowned and left with a Kingdom in debt, an unfaithful, imprisoned wife and an empty Papacy crown.
With the old King dead, his brother Charles, Count of Valois, accelerates his opportunity to oust his rival for royal control sees to fall of Enguerrand Marigny .
George R. R, Martin calls this series "The Original Game of Thrones" and I heartily agree. This is not a series for anyone who abhors the atrocities of the Medieval Age. Druon writes in explicit detail, not only of the gore, and accepted torture but of the conditions of life in the lower classes of people.
+10 Task
+10 Review
+10 Translation (originally published in French)
Task Total 30
Season Total 325
15.5 HDYGG?A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan
432
4 = DILL
afeverInthehearlandthekukluxklansplottotakeoveramericaandthewomanwhostoppedthem = NASTURTIUM
afEVERintheheartlandthekukluxklansplottotakeoveramericaandthewomanwhostoppedthem = LAVENDER
afeverintheheartlandthekukluxklansplottotakeoveramericaandthewomanwhostoppedthem = CLEMATIS
afeverintheheartlandthekukluxklansplottotakeoveramericaandthewomanwhostoppedthem = PHLOX
5 Total Plants
+ 15 Task, +15 Flower Bonus
Task total: 30, 29 Plants
Season total: 370
15.6 HDYGG?Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley
London = LEEK
Great Britain = GARLIC
Europe = ENDIVE
352
5 = THYME
ionaiversonsrulesforcommuting = CLOVER
ionaiversonsrulesforcommuting = GERANIUM
6 Total Plants
+15 Task, +5 Flower Bonus
Task total: 20, 35 Plants
Season total: 390
20.7 International TravelThe Cat Who Wasn't There by Lilian Jackson Braun
I’ve owned this book since 1995 (according to the price sticker on the back!), and have read it many times. This series is a ‘go to’ when I want something light and not terribly written (although they are not all equal in the series). It is a true ‘cozy’ (ie. cats, a mystery, and no in your face blood and guts). I’m in the midst of reading ‘Literature’ for another task which is a bit of a slog, so this was to break it up.
In this instalment, Qwilleran and some of the regular characters from Moose County take a guided trip to Scotland where the mystery starts. They come home and the mystery builds to it’s conclusion. This could easily be read as a stand alone, but if you are following the series along you know something is going to happen. Probably a murder. More than one something happens, but Koko is on the case – nudging Qwill in the right direction. I like that many (if not most) of the characters have some life lived under their belt, the women are smart and often independent, and there is no hint of ‘twee’ in these cozies. 4*
20 task
10 review
15 combo 10.5 (cat), 10.9, 20.3 (Koko and Yum Yum are Qwill's cats)
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45
Running total: 670
15.10 HDYGGG?A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front by Winston Groom
Flowers:
AstorMINflanders:the ypressalient, 1914-1918:traGEdyandtRiUmphonthewesternfront - GERANIUM +5
astOrminflANDers:the ypressaLIEnt, 1914- 1918:trageDyaNdtriumphonthewesternfront - DANDELION +5
Vegetables:
none
Herbs (288 pgs)
8 - ROSEMARY
3 Plants this post
48 Total plants
+15 Task
+10 Flowers
Task total = 25
HDYGG Finisher, 45+ plants = 150
Post total = 175
Season total = 605
Task 15.04 HDYGG? Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach (2018) by Kelly Robson (Paperback 232 pages)
Flowers:
GoDs, monsteRs, ANd the luckY pEAcH – HYDRANGEA+, +5
gOdS, MOnsterS, and the lucky peaCh - COSMOS
Herbs: pagecount = 232
2 = Lemon Verbena
3 Plants this post
17 Total plants in the garden
+15 task
+05 flower bonus
Task Total: 15 + 05 = 20
Grand Total: 190 + 20 = 210
Task 15.05 HDYGG? The Madwoman Upstairs (2016) by Catherine Lowell (Hardcover 339 pages)
Flowers:
THe maDwomaN UpStAIs - DIANTHUS+, +5
Vegetables:
Onion = Oxford, University
Herbs: pagecount = 339
9 = Chamomile
3 Plants this post
20 Total plants in the garden
+15 task
+05 flower bonus
Task Total: 15 + 05 = 20
Grand Total: 210 + 20 = 230
20.1 The National GalleryLet Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee and Walker Evans
In 1936, James Agee was sent to Alabama by Fortune magazine to write a story about the plight of tenant farmers during the Great Depression. His friend, photographer Walker Evans, traveled with him to photograph three families of impoverished tenant farmers in a rural area. The magazine article was not published, but the material was turned into a book in 1941.
"Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" opens with sixty-two of Evan's stark black and white photographs in unnumbered pages. Evans documents their gaunt, weary faces, their ragged clothing, and their rundown shelters. There is a feeling of strength and resilience in the eyes of the tenant families who are portrayed with dignity.
James Agee, who was also a poet, wrote the text of the book in several styles. There are beautiful lyrical passages, journalistic descriptions, and stream of consciousness chapters where he often goes off topic. Agee was quite experimental and creative in his presentation with some parts of the book working better than others.
In addition to writing about the tenant farmers, Agee also wrote about how the experience was making him feel. He struggled with the fact that he and Evans were spying on and possibly exploiting these tenant families for their own personal gain. It may have been good journalism, but Agee was revealing the intimate details of their lives to the general public.
The tenant farmer has no land, no house, and sometimes lacks a mule and farming implements. The landlord gives him these in return for his share of cotton and corn. The tenant farmer will also owe the landlord for seed, fertilizer, and ration money that was advanced during the four months of March through June. The ration money usually runs out before the new crops are harvested so they go through some lean, hungry times unless they can find supplemental work at the sawmill or other employment. "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" is an important work documenting both the 1930s and the struggle of the tenant families.
+20 task (photography)
+10 review
Task total: 30
Season total: 340
Post 236 Mary wrote: "10.10 Group ReadsThe Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton
10 pts 10.10 Group Reads
5 pts 10.5 Broadway Shows MOON
5 pts 10.6 Modernism
5 pts 20.3 Madonna of the Cat...."
+5 Combo 10.9
Post 239 Apple wrote: "30.1 Go for the Green ReduxBeloved Land by Gordon Peake
A history on the independence of Timor Leste
+30 task
Post Total = 30
Season Total = 525"
+5 Combo 10.3 (2013)
Post 244 Connie wrote: "20.7 International TravelThe Fury by Alex Michaelides
Elliot Chase, an unstable man with an abusive childhood, had found a good friend in the ex-actress Lana F..."
Connie, if this is set at least 75% in Greece, it qualifies for 20.10. Please let us know if you want to claim the additional combo points. I have not added them for now.
10.9 Anniversaries (Apple's task)Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux is perhaps my favorite travel writer... and I have also read a fair number of his novels... which, frankly, aren't as excellent. This is one of his better ones...but I still have quibbles. This novel is a fictionalized account of George Orwell...before he was George Orwell. He was Eric Blair, a young probationary policeman for the Raj stationed in Burma. He's not really into his job... and he's embarrassed by his English family who live in Burma and have married with Burmese. He is a misfit...and that status has some serious circumstances.... which include being bounced around to several outposts...some with colossal failures. Theroux does a good job exposing some of the seeds of Orwell's future works.... although this is not obvious if the reader is not aware of Orwell's writings. My biggest quibble is the amount of repetition...especially all the reminders that Orwell was embarrassed by his father's status as an opium officer for the British 4th Class.
4 stars
Task =10
Review=10
Task total=20
Season Total=265
Books read=8
Tasks Completed: 9
10.3; 10.9 (2x)
20.2; 20.3; 20.5 (2x); 20.6; 20.10
20.5 Surprised!The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play by Neil A. Fiore
I have always struggled with procrastination... and in most cases I was able to deal with it somewhat successfully. But there were always issues...and I always knew I could do a better job if I did not delay working on my tasks(s). Ironically, this book teaches the reader that one of the causes of procrastination is perfectionism. Procrastinators fear that whatever they do will not be good enough...so, they put it off. There are several strategies discussed... but the one I came away with primarily is that one should try to break any task into small pieces if possible. I have been doing this prior to reading the book.... it can still be frustrating.... taking longer to complete things than other people...but, it works...most of the time, for me. There are also many examples provided that don't really apply to me any longer because the advice is for people who are still working...and I am very happily retired.
Task =20
Review=10
Task total=20
Season Total=295
Books read=10
Tasks Completed: 10
10.3; 10.9 (2x)
20.2; 20.3; 20.5 (3x); 20.6; 20.10
20.10 World of Crime (Rosemary's task)Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum
Review
Mention a bookshop and I get all tingly inside. I'm sure a lot of you do too. While it would be a dream to spend my day in a bookshop, I know I'm not one to open & run one as a business. However, it was good reading about someone's achieving their dream of owning a bookshop.
The novel was a very easy read in terms of language and content. It was a very warm slice of life. These are normal people living. They are sad. They are happy. They are in between. They interact with each and they learn from each other. There was a lot of learning done (sometimes it felt a bit much and a bit too pointed) and a lot of nodding from me. I did find though that the jumps between perspectives and times (always forward but you just don't know how much exactly) made the story feel disjointed to me. All in all, I'd say that it's actually a very good novel but not one for me; or at least, not one for me right at this moment. It is in the back of my mind to revisit one day; I don't know when that right time will be but we'll see.
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.9 - 320p; 20.5 - a dash; 20.6 - at least 3)
+10 Review
+10 LiT (translated from Korean)
Post Total: 55
Season Total: 360
15.5 HDYGGThe Point of the Needle: Why Sewing Matters by Barbara Burman
Flowers
Sweetpea: PoinT of thE nEEdle Why Sewing mAtters
Iris: poInt of the needle why sewIng matteRS
15 pts 15.5 HDYGG
5 pts Flower bonus
2 plants this post
24 plants this season
Task Total: 20 pts
Season Total: 360 pts
Post 282
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10.6 ModernismThe Girl at Central by Geraldine Bonner
An early mystery narrated by a telephone operator who listens in on a call and as a result gets involved in a murder investigation. She is not really a detective but rather is peripherally involved with the case.
The premise is interesting but the narrative is somewhat difficult to follow and there isn’t enough action to engage the reader. What is interesting is the description of the life of a 1914 working woman in a relatvely small town in New Jersey. There is also some light shed on the different social classes in a relatively rural town.
As might be expected the mystery leads to a romance and a happily ever after ending. The murder is solved — rather creatively but not in a way that you will figure out. Fair warning — there is casually racist language sprinkled through the text.
10 pts 10.6 Modernism
10 pts Review
Task Total: 20 pts
Season Total: 380 pts
Post 283
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10.7 Strange New Worlds (Karen Michele's task)Consider Phlebas (Culture #1) by Iain M. Banks
+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.4 - born 1954)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 375
20.7 International Travel The Information by Martin Amis
Richard Tull is an unsuccessful novelist whose latest work, called Untitled, seems to bring all readers out in hives or worse. He makes his living by writing book reviews and preparing books for publication at one of those 'vanity' publishers that used to charge people hundreds of pounds to publish their memoirs or whatever before print-on-demand was invented to make it free. But the main aim of his life is to bring down his old friend Gwyn Barry who has suddenly written a huge bestseller of (according to Richard) no literary merit.
This book has Amis's usual misogynistic characters plus some racial stereotypes, but some of Richard's calamities and the characters' observations do manage to be cruelly apt and/or funny. My ratings of Martin Amis's books range from 1 star to 5, and this one scraped a 3.
Task: Richard and Gwyn travel from the UK to the USA and back, for a book tour.
20.6: POVs include Richard, Gwyn, Steve
20.9: Richard conspires with Steve and others (view spoiler)
+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.2, 20.6, 20.9)
+10 Review
+10 1001 list
Post total = 55
Season Total = 600
15.7 HDYGG?Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Oregon = ONION
+15 Task, 1 Plant
Task total: 15, 36 Total plants
Season total: 405
20.1 The National GalleryThe Last Judgement by Iain Pears
Before Iain Pears became famous for writing such novels as An Instance of the Fingerpost, he wrote and published an Art History Mystery series of which this is the 4th installment. Pears' degree is in Art History and I believe he has also published non fiction in the genre. In any case, I stumbled on this series a few years back and was hooked. My challenge group has been very kind in constructing reading tasks that allow me to incorporate them.
This one opens with Jonathan Argyll visiting one of his art dealer friends in Paris. Delorme has a painting that needs to be delivered to Rome. Jonathan makes a deal about Delorme sending some drawings to California in exchange for Jonathan taking the painting to Rome, which he does. While waiting for the train in Paris, a fellow tries to steal the painting. What the heck? Jonathan manages to chase down the thief and recover the painting. When he gets home to Rome, he tells his story to Flavia, his girlfriend.
Flavia works for the Art Theft Department of the police and is a very good investigator. Flavia's antenna goes up when she hears Jonathan's story and is certain something is wrong about everything. A couple of murders later and the reader is treated to a good thriller.
I have been reading this series in order though I think any of the installments stand on their own. The one caveat is that the relationship between Jonathan and Flavia matures with subsequent installments. This probably wouldn't affect the enjoyment of any one novel. For me, the series is enhanced with the romantic involvement of the two of them. Note! This series is NOT a romance, but a true mystery series. The banter between them, however, provides light comedy interludes which I appreciate.
There has been enough time between my readings to prevent me from saying whether or not this is the best so far. But it is very good and I'm very happy to give it a full 4-stars.
+20 Task
+10 Review
+20 Combo (10.3 - pub 1993, 10.4 - b. 1955, 20.7 - they live in Rome and travel to Paris and England and back to Rome, 20.9 - the theft of the painting involves more people than just the train station incident)
Task total = 50
Season total = 660
10.2 The DispossessedThe Housemaid by Freida McFadden
I've been reading some heavy books lately, thought I could do with something a little lighter. This one wasn't on my radar at all--for the Kindle seasonal challenge, the newest task was to read the first book in a series and this was one of the listed "recommended" books, I needed something to fill 10.2, et voila.
I couldn't put this down. I knew NOTHING about it when I borrowed it, other than it was ostensibly about a "housemaid"...the way this psychological thriller unfolds is pitch-perfect and I was definitely glad I took that ride. It was total beach-read material--all plot--but what a compelling plot. I've already borrowed the second in the series.
+10 Task
+10 Review
Task total: 20
Season total: 425
10.6 ModernismThe A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie
+10 Task, pub. 1936
+10 Combo: 10.9, MPE page count 232; 20.5, periods
Task total: 20
Season Total: 445
Task 10.9 Anniversaries (Apple's task)Read a book whose page number (most popular edition) ends in 2, 5, 1, or 0.
Pagecount: 24 5
Devotion: a memoir (2010) by Dani Shapiro [Biography/921] (Hardcover 245 pages)
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 230 + 10 = 240
20.4 The Fighting TemeraireThe Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
This is a great read! A story of mutiny, shipwreak and survival that has been pieced together by the author into a book that is difficult toput down. Gann manages to describe the situation and the personalities and motivations of the characters in a plausible manner despite having only primary sources that were designed to present and defend specific viewpoints.
In turn, the reader can identify with many of the different characters and wonder how they would have acted and reacted if placed in that circumstance. Lots of information about Royal Navy sailing ships and their use in battle presented in a readable manner. Nothing about the narrative makes these voyages seem like romantic cruises.
This book deserves all of the positive reviews it received.
20 pts 20.4 The Fighting Temeraire
5 pts 10.2 The Dispossessed
5 pts 10.3 St Patricks Day
5 pts 10.10 Group Reads
5 pts 20.5 Surprised
5 pts 20.9 The Ides of March
5 pts 20.10 World of Crime. Set in South America (Indigenous and Spanish claimed land)
10 pts Review
Task Total: 60 pts
Season Total: 440 pts
Post 291
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20.10 World of CrimeDressed for Death by Donna Leon
In instalment 3 of this series, we are in Venice in the height of summer. Boy, does it sound unpleasant. I’ve really enjoyed how evocatively Leon writes about Venice – warts and all. It doesn’t sound like a place you would want to visit in August!
Brunetti is brought in to investigate a murder that, given the time (early 1990s) and place, may make sense (even if it is wrong). However, it is all smoke and mirrors and in the end it is a tricky conspiracy. That seems to be a common theme in the last couple of these Inspector Brunetti stories. The mystery is good and complex. I also enjoy Brunetti as a character – he is thoughtful and empathetic; and he has a really nice relationship with his wife (who is also a great character). (He is kind of the opposite of the complicated/tortured Nordic noir detective!) 4*
20 task
10 review
15 combo 10.3, 10.5 (for), 20.9
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45
Running total: 715
20.1. The National GalleryWho's Afraid of Contemporary Art? by Kyung An
20 pts 20.1 The National Gallery
Task Total: 20pts
Correction post 275: +5 pts
Season Total: 465 pts
Post 293
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15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 … … … … …
10.5 - The Golden Broadway ShowsThe Quiet Dead by N.J. Mackay
+10 task - PS Your Cat is DEAD
+5 Combo 10.3 - 2023
Task total: 15
Grand total: 220
10.5 - the Golden Broadway ShowsDon’t Trust Me by Jessica Lynch
+10 task - Don't Call Back
Task total: 10
Grand total: 230
10.4 Baby BoomTomorrow in the Battle Think on Me by Javier Marías
+10 Task: Born 1951
+ 5 Combo: 10.9 Anniversaries (320)
+10 Lost in Translation
+10 1001
Task total = 35
Season total = 545
10.9 Anniversaries (Apple's task)Secrets of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery
+10 Task: page count ends in 2. Also, I counted 65 pages of photos out of 192p, so 127p of text
+ 5 Combo: 20.2 The Virgin of the Rocks
Task total = 15
Season total = 560
20.2 The Virgin of the RocksHow To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery
+20 Task: I counted 22 pages of drawings out of 177p, so 155p of text
Task total = 20
Season total = 580
20.8 Fancy Meeting You HereMedea by Christa Wolf
+20 Task: Christa Wolf retells the classic Medea
+10 Lost in Translation (German)
Task total = 30
Season total = 610
20.10 World of CrimeStrange Shores by Arnaldur Indriðason
+20 Task: Iceland
+10 Lost in Translation (Icelandic)
Task total = 30
Season total = 640
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If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
+10 Task
+10 Combo: 20.1 The National Gallery(Miho is an artist) / 20.6 Fruit Dish, Bottle and Violin (about 4 women who tell their stories in alternating chapters: Kyuri, Miho, Ara, Wonna)
Task total = 20
Season total = 405