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15.10: FA23 Celebration of StylesRead 10 books by 10 different authors where each would qualify for one of the below RwS styles. ... Your books will fit at least four of the styles, with no more than 5 of any one style.
Marigold Mind Laundry by Yun Jung-eun
Non Western ,South Korea
Young, 2
LiT, 3
Nan, 2
Aged, 1
Non Western, 2
+15 task
+50 finisher bonus
Task Total: 65
Season Total: 255
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13
15.14 FA 2015 Travel the United StatesRead ten books with each set in a different US state.
Closer Than You Know by Brad Parks
Set in VA.
Task total: 15
Season total: 100
SU 19 Ratings Game- 2nd ChallengeRead 10 books by 10 different authors based on the number of ratings on GoodReads.
15.11 - 250,000 or more ratings
The House in the Cerulean Sea
847,145 Ratings
Points this Task 15
Season Total 75
15.3 SU 18 Listopia TagRead 10 books found on 10 different Listopia lists using different list 'tags' for selection.
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger
List: 2024: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2024 Tag: 1970s
Task: 15
Season total: 45
15.3 FA 24 ScrabbleThe Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante
1 point Tile T1- Translated
The book is translated from Italian.
Task total: 15
Season total: 115
15.5 WI 15-16 Book DominoesDead Man's Footsteps (Roy Grace #4) by Peter James
author's last name, James, is the same as author's last name for 15.4 book (James)
+15 Task
+5 Big (581p)
Post total: 20
Season total: 105
15.21: WI 13/14 Travel the Pacific RimRead 10 books, from 10 different countries according to the list in post 2.
Held by Anne Michaels
Canada
+15 task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 270
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13;
15.21;
15.14: SP12 Around the WorldRead 10 books, set in 10 different countries, with no continent being visited more than twice.
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez
Argentina / South America
Nth America, 1
Sth America, 1
Africa, 1
Oceania, 1
+15 task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 285
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13; 15.14;
15.21;
15.7 SU 21 Sub-Challenge Summer Task Overview10.1-10.10 Page Count
Read books of varying length written by different authors
The 18th Abduction by James Patterson
+15 task - 383 pgs
Task total: 15
Grand total: 135
15.15 FA 2015 Travel the United StatesRead ten books set in ten different US states.
Lay Your Armor Down by Michael Farris Smith
Set in MS.
Task total: 15
Season total: 130
15.13 WI 11-12 "Christmas in Vegas"The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerar by Arthur Conan Doyle
Author's last initial: C-D
Page length: 141-180/541-580 (154)
Published date: 1892-1904 (1896)
+15 Task
+5 Old
Post total: 20
Season total: 125
15.4 Favorites SU 23Use 20-point task from a previous season.
SU 17 20.1 Popular Lists
In honor of The Count of Monte Cristo, All the Light We Cannot See, and Jane Eyre, read any book that appears in the top 10 of any GR listopia that has at least 1000 voters. To clarify, the list needs to have at least 1000 voters, not necessarily the book. Please post a link to the list with the title of your intended read in the help thread before posting your claim for the book.
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
+15 Task
#1 on Books Every Psychology and/or Counseling Doctoral Student Should Read (1,458 voters)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
+5 Old (1946)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 50+20=70
Task 15.01 Fall 2012 Know Your ABC’s 1st book: Letter K
Kim (1901) by Rudyard Kipling
+15 Task
+05 Old (Published in 1901
Task Total: 15 + 05 = 20
Grand Total: 00 + 20 = 20
15.13 Fall 2023: Celebration of StylesRead 10 books by 10 different authors where each would qualify for one of the below RwS styles.
Lost in Translation, Non Western, 1001, Canon, Not a Novel, Aged - 1, Young-2
The Free Negress Elisabeth by Cynthia McLeod (b. 1936)
+15 task - Aged
+ 5 Old - pub'd 2000
Task total: 20
Season total: 100
Note: set 75% in Suriname
15.7 Fall 2023 Celebration of StylesStories and Legends by Leo Tolstoy
NaN
15 task
5 oldie
_____
20
Running total: 220
Sub Challenge #1Eyes on the Prize Redux from Fall 22 by Kate
For tasks 15.1 – 15.10, your task is to read ten award-winning books from the lists on the linked spreadsheet below, without repeating an award.
15.4 Andrew Carnegie Medal (US, Fiction & Nonfiction) (winners & nominees)
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
+15 Task: Winner 2024
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 140
Sub Challenge #2Spring Cleaning from Spring 2011 by Sam
Has your TBR shelf become unmanageable? Well, this spring, we're giving you the perfect excuse to dust off some of those books you've always meant to get to but never have. "Spring Cleaning" is about reading ten books from ten different genres. The categories are...
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Biography (also autobiography)
Memoir
15.16 - General Non-Fiction
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 155
15.11 – SU 22 BINGOMarking Time by Elizabeth Jane Howard
I17 Title word ends in -ing
+15 Task
+5 Old (1991)
Task total = 15
Points total = 80
FA 23 Celebration of Styles : 4/10
SU 22 BINGO: 1/10
15.5 - FA 23 Celebration of StylesLa femme corneille by Geoffrey Le Guilcher and Camille Royer
Not a novel (graphic novel + nonfiction)
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Points total = 95
FA 23 Celebration of Styles: 5/10
SU 22 BINGO: 1/10
Sub-Challenge # 1. FA 17 Reading Globally. Each book set in a different country. Each country begins w a different letter.15.4 Antarctica -- Fast Ice by Clive Cussler
Task: +15
Grand Total: 60
Countries so far:
Turks & Caicos
Mexico
United States
Antarctica
15.7 SU24 Olympic ScavengerThe Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
HORSE OR HORSE-RIDING Option B, find the exact word in the text: "There was a vintage print of a racing horse on the wall."
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 170
15.15: SP12 Around the WorldRead 10 books, set in 10 different countries, with no continent being visited more than twice.
Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin
Taiwan / Asia
Nth America, 1
Sth America, 1
Africa, 1
Oceania, 1
Asia, 1
+15 task
+5 oldies (1994
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 305
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13; 15.14; 15.5;
15.21;
15.16: SP12 Around the WorldRead 10 books, set in 10 different countries, with no continent being visited more than twice.
The Simple Art of Killing a Woman by Patrícia Melo
Brazil / South America
Nth America, 1
Sth America, 2
Africa, 1
Oceania, 1
Asia, 1
+15 task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 320
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13; 15.14; 15.15; 15.16;
15.21;
15.14 WI 11-12 "Christmas in Vegas"Islands in the Stream by Ernest Hemingway
Author's last initial: G-H
Page length: 421-460/821-860 (448)
Published date: 1965-1976 (1970)
+15 Task
+5 Old
Post total: 20
Season total: 145
15.11 BINGO Summer 2022The Madwoman of Serrano by Dina Salústio
15 pts 15.11 BINGO O75. 75 Years: Author is Aged
5 pts Old
Total Task: 20 pts
Total Season: 40 pts
O 15.11
15.12 BINGO Summer 2022Romancing Mr Bridgertonby Julia Quinn
15 pts 15.12 BINGO O68 Author name does not contain the letter O
Total Task: 15 pts
Total Season: 55 pts
O 15.11
O 15.12
15.13 BINGO Summer 2022To Sir Philip with Love (New Ed) Paperback by Julia Quinn
15 pts 15.13 BINGO O65 Title has 5 words
Total Task: 15 pts
Total Season: 70 pts
O 15.11
O 15.12
O 15.13
15.14 BINGO Summer 2022When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn
15 pts 15.14 BINGO O69 Often: Author you have read before
Total Task: 15 pts
Total Season: 85 pts
O75 15.11
O68 15.12
O65 15.13
O69 15.14
15.6 - FA 23 Celebration of StylesGemma Bovery by Posy Simmonds
Aged (born 1945)
+15 Task
(published 1999 but i guess no bonus since graphic novel)
Task total = 15
Points total = 110
FA 23 Celebration of Styles: 6/10
SU 22 BINGO: 1/10
15.15 SU 21 Sub-Challenge Summer Task Overview20.1-20.10 Riding the Metro
Read 10 books set at least 75% in 10 different real cities
The Canadian Fall by Mitchell Lanigan
+15 task - Toronto
Task total: 15
Grand total: 150
Post 43:Nick wrote: "Sub-Challenge # 1. FA 17 Reading Globally. Each book set in a different country. Each country begins w a different letter.
15.3 United States. I read [book:Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?|169..."
+5 Oldies - pub. 1991
Post 94:Joanne wrote: "Sub Challenge 1
15.4 Fall 2016-Half and Half
Sharpe's Company by Bernard Cornwell
Task Total 15
Season Total 60"
+5 Oldies (pub 1982)
15.3 SU 24 DecathlonTask 10.1 100m
Book with 100-199pp
The Seduction by Roxy Sloane
+15 Task
Post total: 15
Grand total: 45
15.11 FA 19 Pick N Mix 2A3 - Set in Europe
The Catch by Yrsa Daley-Ward
+15 Task
Post total: 15
Grand total: 60
15.12 FA 19 Pick N Mix 2E3 - Title consists of a full sentence
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
+15 Task
Post total: 15
Grand total: 75
15.13 FA 19 Pick N Mix 2F2 - Author name E-H
Slut Lullabies by Gina Frangello
+15 Task
Post total: 15
Grand total: 90
15.14 SP25 CYOA, Classics => 100-299 => Wine => BordeauxThe Iron King by Maurice Druon
+15 Task, read a book translated from French
+5 Oldies, pub. 1955
Task total: 20
Season total: 190
15.14 Fall 2023: Celebration of StylesRead 10 books by 10 different authors where each would qualify for one of the below RwS styles.
Lost in Translation - 1, Non Western, 1001, Canon, Not a Novel, Aged - 1, Young-2
High Tide by Inga Ābele
+ 15 Task (LiT - Latvian)
Season total: 115
15.15 BINGO Summer 2022Not a River by Selva Almada
15 pts 15.15 BINGO O63 "ORPHAN: First letter of title is found in ""orphan"""
Total Task: 15 pts
Total Season: 100 pts
O75 15.11
O68 15.12
O65 15.13
O69 15.14
O63 15.15. BINGO 5 Os
15.4 FA 24 Scrabble1 point Tile I3 - Page Count 300-399 pages
More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova
Task total: 15
Season total: 145
15.5 FA 24 Scrabble10 points Q1 - Title word begins with Q
Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym
+15 task
+ 5 old ( pub 1978)
Task total: 20
Season total: 165
15.4 WI 22-23 Alpha OmegaRead 10 books where the first letter of the author name and the last letter of the author name each uses a different letter of the alphabet. When an author name ends in an initial, the period will be ignored. You may not re-use letters.
Lanark by Alasdair Gray - A Y
+15 Task
+ 5 Big (560 pages)
+ 5 Old (1981)
Task total = 25
Season total = 95
15.5 WI 22-23 Alpha OmegaRead 10 books where the first letter of the author name and the last letter of the author name each uses a different letter of the alphabet. When an author name ends in an initial, the period will be ignored. You may not re-use letters.
Close Quarters by William Golding - W G
+15 Task
+ 5 Old (1987)
Task total = 20
Season total = 115
15.6 WI 22-23 Alpha OmegaRead 10 books where the first letter of the author name and the last letter of the author name each uses a different letter of the alphabet. When an author name ends in an initial, the period will be ignored. You may not re-use letters.
Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin - J N
Lexile 900
+15 Task
+ 5 Old (2000)
Task total = 20
Season total = 135
15.7 WI 22-23 Alpha OmegaRead 10 books where the first letter of the author name and the last letter of the author name each uses a different letter of the alphabet. When an author name ends in an initial, the period will be ignored. You may not re-use letters.
The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch - I H
+15 Task
+ 5 Old (1973)
Task total = 20
Season total = 155
15.12 WI 19/20 CYOA - Author EditionRead 10 books by different authors. Each author must fill a different criterion.
A1. Author's first or last name consists of exactly 4 letters.
The Drowned and the Saved by Primo Levi
+15 Task
+ 5 Old (1986)
Task total = 20
Season total = 175
15.13 WI 19/20 CYOA - Author EditionRead 10 books by different authors. Each author must fill a different criterion.
A3. Author publishes using (at least) 3 names.
The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season total = 190
15.8 Fall 2023 Celebration of StylesThe Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst
1001
15 task
5 oldie
______
20
Running total: 240
15.22: WI 13/14 Travel the Pacific RimRead 10 books, from 10 different countries according to the list in post 2.
Cigarette Girl by Ratih Kumala
Indonesia
+15 task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 335
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
15.11; 15.12; 15.13; 15.14; 15.15; 15.16;
15.21; 15.22;
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Read 10 books found on 10 different Listopia lists using different list 'tags' for selection.
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Task: 15
Season total: 30