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Exchange for post 188 15.5
FA 17 Reading Globally Overview
Read 10 books set (at least 51%) in 10 different countries, in which each country begins with a different letter
Onder vrienden by Linea Maja Ernst
Setting: Denmark
15 points
Total:75 points
15.12Fall 2016 How to Play Half and Half
De stille huisgenoot
Clémence MichallonPoints: 15 points
Total points: 235 points
15.1 Fall 2010 Reading Through TimeTask 15.1 1951-2000
Read a book originally published 1951-2000.
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
+15 Task (1989)
+5 Old (1989)
Post total: 20
Season total: 20
15.2 Fall 2010 Reading Through TimeTask 15.2 1901-1950
Read a book originally published 1901-1950.
A Young Doctor's Notebook by Mikhail Bulgakov
+15 Task (1925)
+5 Old (1925)
Post total: 20
Season total: 40
15.3 Fall 2010 Reading Through TimeTask 15.3 1851-1900
Read a book originally published 1851-1900.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs
+15 Task (1861)
+5 Old (1861)
Post total: 20
Season total: 60
15.11 Fall 2013 Pick ‘n’ MixFor this challenge, there are 6 categories (A-F) each divided into 6 sub-categories (1-6). For each task, read a book that fits a sub-category. No letter and no number can be used more than twice. Used so far, including this task: E 5 so these remain: A A B B C C D D E F F 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 6 6.
E5 (E=Genre, 5=non-fiction, Dewey decimal 000-499)
Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz
+15 Task (Dewey decimal 306.81 Culture and Institutions – Marriage and marital status)
Post total: 15
Season total: 75
15.12 Fall 2013 Pick ‘n’ MixFor this challenge, there are 6 categories (A-F) each divided into 6 sub-categories (1-6). For each task, read a book that fits a sub-category. No letter and no number can be used more than twice. Used so far, including this task: D E 5 5 so these remain: A A B B C C D E F F 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 6 6.
D5 (D=Author, 5=Male 60+ or posthumous)
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
+15 Task (Jonathan Haidt was born in Oct 1963 so is 61 years old.)
Post total: 15
Season total: 90
15.13 Fall 2013 Pick ‘n’ MixFor this challenge, there are 6 categories (A-F) each divided into 6 sub-categories (1-6). For each task, read a book that fits a sub-category. No letter and no number can be used more than twice. Used so far, including this task: A D E 3 5 5 so these remain: A B B C C D E F F 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 6 6.
A3 (A=Setting, 3=Europe)
The Internationals by Sarah May
+15 Task (Set in Macedonia in SE Europe.)
Note: For the Countries of the World project, this book is set 100% in Macedonia.
Post total: 15
Season total: 105
15.14 Fall 2013 Pick ‘n’ MixFor this challenge, there are 6 categories (A-F) each divided into 6 sub-categories (1-6). For each task, read a book that fits a sub-category. No letter and no number can be used more than twice. Used so far, including this task: A C D E 2 3 5 5 so these remain: A B B C D E F F 1 1 2 3 4 4 6 6.
C2 (C=Page Length, 2=100-200 pages)
The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien
+15 Task (175 pages)
+5 Old (1960)
Post total: 20
Season total: 125
Task 15.04 Summer 2024 Olympic ScavengerSAILING
Option B
Trouble on the Books (Castle Bookshop Mystery #1) (2019) by Essie Lang (Hardback 329 pages)
p. 14: “Terry’s Boat Lines had agreed to put on an extra SAILING of their smaller boat, which was used to get the various staffers and volunteers to the island, an hour early.”
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 65 + 15 = 80
15.12 FA19 Pick N Mix 2We have 6 categories (setting, publication date, narrator, genre, title and author name) divided into sub-categories.
The goal is to read 10 books that fit in 10 different sub-categories. No letter can be used more than twice and no number can be used more than twice.
To Kill a Troubadour by Martin Walker
Sub category F4 author’s name starts with M
Task 15
Season total: 75
15.8 WI 15-16 Book DominoesBlue Movie by Terry Southern
word in title, blue, was also found in title for book for 15.7
+15 Task
+5 Old
Post total: 20
Season total: 215
Notes: approx 80% set in Liechtenstein
15.17 BINGO Summer 2022It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn
15 pts 15.17 BINGO I21 "INFLOW: First letter of title is found in ""inflow"
Total Task: 15 pts
Total Season: 130 pts
O75 15.11
O68 15.12
O65 15.13
O69 15.14
O63 15.15. BINGO 5 Os
B3 15.16
I21 15.17
15.14 WI 19/20 CYOA - Author EditionRead 10 books by different authors. Each author must fill a different criterion.
B2. Author born 1914-18 or 1939-45
Life, Love and the Archers: Recollections, Reviews and Other Prose by Wendy Cope (born 1945)
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season total = 240
Second Sub-Challenge. WI 22-23, Alpha and Omega First and last letter of author's name are different, and no letters repeat.15.12 FT: Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert
1st pub'd 1984 = + 5
Letters used so far: F O T Z
Task Total = 20
Season Total = 120
Post 203 Claire wrote: "15.12Fall 2016 How to Play Half and Half"
Claire, when claiming for Half and Half, please could you post something to explain the rules each time, for example "Author first name and surname initials must be in the same half of the alphabet, first name initial appearing earlier than surname initial. Tasks 1-5 use the first half of the alphabet and tasks 6-10 use the second half."
Or if it's easier, link to the rules of the original subchallenge.
And thank you for swapping the book in the other challenge. We have entered your finisher bonus for that one.
Post 213 Tien wrote: "15.8 WI 15-16 Book DominoesBlue Movie by Terry Southern
word in title, blue, was also found in title for book for 15.7
+15 Task
+5 Old
Post total: 20
Season total: 215"
Tien, we have your total at 230 - I think you have missed adding the 15 points from either post 65 or post 87?
Post 216 Nick wrote: "Second Sub-Challenge. WI 22-23, Alpha and Omega First and last letter of author's name are different, and no letters repeat.15.12 FT: Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert
..."
+5 Big - the MPE has 669 pages
15.7 SU 23 FavoritesRead a book that fits a 20-point task from a previous season.
SP 25 20.7 Senior Sleuths (Owlette's task):
Thanks to Elizabeth (Alaska) for mentioning the cozy-mystery.com website and for passing her task creation to me. Read any series mentioned in one of these lists:
SENIOR SLEUTHS:
Authors beginning with A – F https://cozy-mystery.com/blog/mystery...
Authors beginning with G – P https://cozy-mystery.com/blog/mystery...
Authors beginning with Q – W https://cozy-mystery.com/blog/mystery...
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie (Lexile 700)
+15 Task Miss Marple is mentioned in the first list.
+05 Old (1964)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 105+20=125
15.8 SU24 Olympic ScavengerMuch Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
WRESTLE OR WRESTLING Option B, find the exact word in the text: "They did entreat me to acquaint her of it; / But I persuaded them, if they loved Benedick, / To wish him wrestle with affection, / And never to let Beatrice know of it."
+15 Tasks
+5 Old
Task total: 15
Season total: 370
15.9 SU24 Olympic ScavengerButterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph by Yusra Mardini
SWIM OR SWIMMING Option A, read a book where a character engages in the sport: Both Yusra and Sarah, her sister, swim on multiple occasions including at the Olympics
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 385
15.10 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 Waves by Virginia Woolf - V F
+15 Task
+ 5 Old (1931)
+50 Subchallenge 1 finisher bonus
Task total = 70
Season total = 310
15.7 Summer 2023: FAVORITESRead 10 books that fit your favorite 20-point tasks from prior seasons. You must state the season and the task (number and brief description) when posting your book claim.
Fall 2022:
20.9 ABCs (Kate S's Task)
Read a book in which the author's initials appear in alphabetical order.
The Disobedient Wife by Annika Milisic-Stanley
+15 Task
Season total = 185
NOTE: Takes place in Tajikistan
15.22 WI23/24 Ticket to Ride, Duluth => Sault St. MarieChernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster by Andrew Leatherbarrow
+15 Task, sAuLt
Task total: 15
Season total: 400
15.4 Fall 2010 Reading Through TimeTask 15.10 1501-1550
Read a book originally published 1501-1550.
Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais
+15 Task (1532)
+5 Old (1532)
+5 Big (712 pages)
Post total: 25
Season total: 150
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...
Memoir
15.19 - Historical Fiction
The Seventh Function of Language by Laurent Binet
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 205
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.
15.5 Washington State Book Washington State Book Award Fiction, Biog/Memoir & History/Gen & Creative Nonfiction only (Winners only)
Deep River by Karl Marlantes
+15 Task: Winner 2020
+ 5 Big (820p)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 225
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.
15.6 PEN Translation Prize (winners and nominees)
View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems by Wisława Szymborska
+15 Task: Winner 1996
+ 5 Old (1995)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 245
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.
15.7 International Dublin Literary Award (all listed)
Home by Marilynne Robinson
+15 Task: Nominee 2010
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 260
15.13Fall 2016 How to Play Half and Half
Author first name and surname initials must be in the same half of the alphabet, first name initial appearing earlier than surname initial
De stad der wonderen Eduardo Mendoza
Points: 15 points + 5 old (1986)
Total points: 255 points
15.21 FA 23 How to Play Celebration of Styles
Read 10 books by 10 different authors where each would qualify for one of the below RwS styles.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Category: Young
Onder vrienden
Linea Maja ErnstBorn in 1988 (https://www.lindhardtogringhof.dk/for...)
15 points
Total: 270 points
Rosemary wrote: "Post 213 Tien wrote: "15.8 WI 15-16 Book DominoesBlue Movie by Terry Southern
word in title, blue, was also found in title for book for 15.7
+15 Task
+5 Old
Post to..."
oh I did! Thanks :)
15.9 WI 15-16 Book DominoesThe King Who Made Paper Flowers by Terry Kay
author's first name is the same as author for 15.8 book
+15 Task
Post total: 15
Season total: 245
2nd Game SU 19 Ratings Game 15.15
A book with ratings between 15,000 - 24,999
Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
24,712 ratings.
+15 Task
+5 Big (704 pages)
Task Total 20
Season Total 120
15.21 Eyes on the Prize Redux from Fall 22Decade using = 2001 to 2010
The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames
2010 Agatha Award for first novel
15 task
______
15
Running total: 345
15.14 FA 19 Pick N Mix 2F6 - Author name T-Z
No Body No Crime by Tess Sharpe
+15 Task
Post total: 15
Grand total: 135
15.15 FA 19 Pick N Mix 2D4 - Nonfiction
I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays by Maris Kreizman
+15 Task
Post total: 15
Grand total: 150
15.19: SP12 Around the WorldRead 10 books, set in 10 different countries, with no continent being visited more than twice.
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
qualifies for Germany/ Europe as Frank was born in Germany and it is her nationality
Nth America, 1
Sth America, 2
Africa, 1
Oceania, 2
Asia, 1
Europe, 2
+15 task
+5 oldies
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 385
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; 15.17; 15.18; 15.19;
15.21; 15.22;
15.20: SP12 Around the WorldRead 10 books, set in 10 different countries, with no continent being visited more than twice.
This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Zimbabwe
Nth America, 1
Sth America, 2
Africa, 2
Oceania, 2
Asia, 1
Europe, 2
+15 task
+100, 2nd Finisher Bonus
Post Total:115
Season Total: 500
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; 15.17; 15.18; 15.19; 15.20
15.21; 15.22;
15.23: WI 13/14 Travel the Pacific RimRead 10 books, from 10 different countries according to the list in post 2.
The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea by Bandi
North Korea
Post Total:15
Season Total: 515
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; 15.17; 15.18; 15.19; 15.20
15.21; 15.22; 15.23
15.31: SU 23 Sub-Challenge Summer - FavouritesRead 10 books that fit your favorite 20-point tasks from prior seasons. You must state the season and the task (number and brief description) when posting your book claim.
(Yes, this is off plan, but I said I was not good at sticking to plans! I needed the opportunity to read books that weren't world fiction)
SP25 20.1 Adaptation and Resilience: Read a book which has been made into a movie, miniseries, TV series, or which is a retelling of a previous book or story.
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The trailer is out and it will be in the cinema next March, and I will be there!
Post Total:15
Season Total: 530
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; 15.17; 15.18; 15.19; 15.20
15.21; 15.22; 15.23;
15.31
15.22FA 23 How to Play Celebration of Styles
Read 10 books by 10 different authors where each would qualify for one of the below RwS styles.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Category: Not a novel
Strafkind
Wieke Hart
How it fits: non fiction
15 points
Total: 285 points
15.6 SU 24 DecathlonTask 10.2 Long Jump
Thriller<==>Nonfiction
The Lake Escape by Jamie Day
+15 Task
Post total: 15
Grand total: 165
15.10 WI 15-16 Book DominoesThe Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden
word in title, king, was also found in title for book for 15.9
+15 Task
+5 Old
+50 points for your first subchallenge completion
Post total: 70
Season total: 315
15.16 FA 2015 Travel the United StatesRead 10 books, each set in a different US state.
The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison
Set in WA.
Task total: 15
Season total: 195
15.21 SP11 "Spring Cleaning"Give Me a Reason: A Novel by Jayci Lee
Genre: Romance or Horror
+15 Task
Post total: 15
Season total: 330
Sub Challenge 2 SU 19 Ratings Game15.16- A book that has between 10,000 - 14,999 Ratings
The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence
11,883 ratings today
Points this task 15
Season Total 145
Task 15.05 Summer 2024 Olympic ScavengerTENNIS
Option A
Chapter 9, p. 58-63: The retirement community where Augusta Stern lives hosts an annual Tennis Tournament for the Seniors. p. 59: “They do it every year, as soon as the U. S. Open is over.” The community’s tennis pro is the umpire. p. 60: “For the next forty-five minutes, the quartet of seniors ran and lunged as if they were teenagers. As the two sides traded winning shots, the games stretched on interminably.”
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern (2024) by Lynda Cohen Loigman (Hardback 313 pages)
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 80 + 15 = 95
15.15 WI 19/20 CYOA - Author EditionRead 10 books by different authors. Each author must fill a different criterion.
A4. Author's first or last name contains a double letter
Troubling Love by Elena Ferrante
+15 Task
+ 5 Old (1992)
Task total = 20
Season total = 330
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