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Post 430 Lynn wrote: "10.5 D-Day

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937)

+10 task
+15 combo 10.4 Visiting (Catching Up With Classics), 20.1 Iris Murdoch, 20.3 A Severed Head ..."

I'm sorry, Lynn. This book is a at BPL and has a Lexile of just 630. Task, but no styles.

15.6 RG

75,000 - 99,999

The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

+20 Task

Post Total: 20
Season Total: 325

20.1 Iris Murdoch

Junky by William S. Burroughs

20 task
5 oldie
5 combo 20.6
5 multi
_____
35

Running total: 530

50.1 Project RwS, Turkmenistan

Unknown Sands: Journeys Around the World's Most Isolated Country by John W. Kropf

+50 Task
+15 Combo (10.2, 10.3, 20.6)

Task total: 65
Season total: 605

10.9 All Star Reads (Anika's Task)

Paradise by Toni Morrison

(This book was intense and deep. Thanks for the rec, Karen Michele!)

+10 Task
+10 Combo (20.1 published 1997; 20.6 at least nine named characters)

Post Total: 20
Season Total: 545

15.3 RG

15.3 15,000 - 24,999

Fifth Business by Robertson Davies

+15 Task
+ 5 Oldies

Post Total: 20
Season Total: 340

10.3 Summer 2017

She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore

+10 Task
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Young

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 365

10.7 Summer Shorts (Mary's Task)

The Tradition by Jericho Brown
Will Williams by Namwali Serpell
Anonymous by Uzodinma Iweala

+10 Task
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Young Links to make it easy:




Post Total: 25
Season Total: 390

10.8 Series (Beth's Task)

The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen

+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 20.6 Characters

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 405

20.5 London

Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel

+20 Task
+10 Combo: 20.10 Historical / 20.6 Characters

Post Total: 30
Season Total: 435

20.6 Characters

The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous

+20 Task
+10 Combo: 10.3 Summer 2017 / 10.4 Visiting
+ 5 Multiple
+25 Oldies

Post Total: 60
Season Total: 495

10.3 Summer 2017
The World Beneath by Cate Kennedy

+10 Task
+5 Multiple

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 455

20.1 Iris Murdoch
The Battling Prophet (Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte #20) by Arthur W. Upfield
first pub. 1956

+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.8; 20.6)
+5 Multiple
+5 Oldies

Post Total: 40
Season Total: 495

10.2 Jackson's Dilemma
The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of CHINA'S War on Foreigners that Shook the World in the Summer of 1900 by Diana Preston

+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.1 - pub. 1999)

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 510

20.6 Characters
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.2, 10.5: #171 best endings, 20.7)
+25 Oldies
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 65
Season Total: 195

10.9 All Star Reads
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

+10 pts -Task
+10 pts - Combo (10.3, 20.3)
+10 pts - Oldies (1908)

Task Total - 30 pts
Season Total -280 pts

20.6 Characters

An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

+20 task
+10 combo 10.3, 10.7 (collection of 5 short stories)
+ 5 multiples

Task total: 35
Season total: 455

20.6 Characters

Street Scene by Elmer Rice

20 pts 20.6 Characters
5 pts 20.1 Iris Murdoch
10 pts Oldies

Task total: 35 pts
Season total: 905 pts

10.5 D-Day

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
#97 on Best Ending list

Task=10
Combo= 15 (10.3; 20.3- see- 20.6)
Oldie=10 (1890)
Task Total=35

Grand Total= 960

Completed Tasks: (25)
10.2 (15); 10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 10.5 (35); 10.6 (40)
15.1 (15); 15.2 (15); 15.3(25); 15.4 (20); 15.5 (20); 15.6 (25); 15.7 (25)
20.1 (35); 20.4 (45); 20.5 (40), 20.6 (40); 20.10 (20); 20.7 (50)
50.1(65); 50.1 again (60); 50.1 (3rd time)(70); 50.1 (4x)(70); 50.1 (5x)(75); 50.1 (6x)
250,000 or more ratings
100,000 - 249,999
�75,000 - 99,999
�25,000 - 74,999
�15,000 - 24,999
�10,000 - 14,999
�5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
✔fewer than 250 ratings

20.4 The Black Prince

The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark

+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.6, 20.1 1963, 20.5 set 100% in London, 20.6 more than 9 named & important characters)
+ 5 Oldies

Post Total: 45
Season Total: 370

15.6 Ratings Game

The Unruly Passions of Eugénie R. by Carole DeSanti

250 - 999
ratings as of posting: 737

20 task
____
20

Running total: 550

20.2 Oxford Authors

A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch

+20 Task
+25 Combo: 10.6 Author Lifetime Awards / 20.1 Iris Murdoch / 20.3 A Severed Head / 20.4 The Black Prince / 20.5 London
+ 5 Oldies

Post Total: 50
Season Total: 545

20.6 Characters

The Adjacent by Christopher Priest

+20 Task
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 615

10.5 D-Day

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

+10 Task
+25 Oldies
+15 Combo (10.4, 20.6, 20.7)

Task total: 50
Season total: 655

15.6 Ratings Game 75,000 - 99,999


A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf 112 pages (1929) 94,568 ratings

+20 task
+5 non-fiction (essay)
+5 Oldie

Task 30 points
Season Total 605 points

17/31 completed

10.3 Summer 2017

Stay with Me Forever by Farrah Rochon

+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.8 sixth book in series)

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 560

15.6 RG
<250 Ratings

Alice to Nowhere by Evan Green

+20 Task
+5 Old (pub. 1984)

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 535

20.6 Characters

Thirteen by Richard K. Morgan

+20 Task
+5 Multiple
+5 Jumbo (544 pages)

Task Total: 30
Season Total: 645

15.4 Ratings Game

1,000-4,999 ratings (locked in)

Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts

Task total: 15
Season total: 470

10.7 Summer Shorts

A Fisherman of the Inland Sea by Ursula K. Le Guin

+10 Task
+10 Combo 20.1, 20.6
+5 Oldies (published 1994)

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 670

50.1- Cape Verde

The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida
set 100% in Cape Verde

Task=50
Combo= 10 (20.1; 20.6)
Multiple=5
Oldie=5 (1988)
Task Total=70

Grand Total= 1030

Completed Tasks: (26)
10.2 (15); 10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 10.5 (35); 10.6 (40)
15.1 (15); 15.2 (15); 15.3(25); 15.4 (20); 15.5 (20); 15.6 (25); 15.7 (25)
20.1 (35); 20.4 (45); 20.5 (40), 20.6 (40); 20.10 (20); 20.7 (50)
50.1(65); 50.1 again (60); 50.1 (3rd time)(70); 50.1 (4x)(70); 50.1 (5x)(75); 50.1 (6x)(75); 50.1 (7x)(70)
250,000 or more ratings
100,000 - 249,999
�75,000 - 99,999
�25,000 - 74,999
�15,000 - 24,999
�10,000 - 14,999
�5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
✔fewer than 250 ratings

From Post 426

Anika wrote: "10.1 Lost in Translation (I love this style bonus; since it's not available this season I'll just use it as my task)

Macbeth by Jo Nesbø (even though not listed on ..."

+5 Jumbo

From Post 428

Rachel wrote: "10.6 Author Lifetime Awards

The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald

Golden PEN Award (1999)

+10 Task
+10 Combo (20.1 Iris Murdoch, 20.6 Characters)
+5 Oldies (1978)

Ta..."

+5 Combo 20.2

From Post 447

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.1 Design Your Own Task
Read a book from "What to read in 2019 list
Chocolate Cream Pie Murderby Joanne Fluke
#39 on the list

Task +10
Grand Total: 75"

+5 Combo 10.8

15.7 RG
15,000 - 24,999 Ratings

Wind/Pinball: Two Novels (The Rat #1-2) by Haruki Murakami
confirming above book is the edition I read

+20 Task
+5 Old (pub. 1979 & 1980)

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 560

20.3 Severed Head

The Green Pastures: A Fable by Marc Connelly

20 pts 20.3 Severed Head based on the book: Ol' Man Adam An' His Chillun Being the Tales They Tell about the Time When the Lord Walked the Earth Like a Natural Man by Roark Bradford
5 pts 10.3 Summer 2017
5 pts 20.1 Iris Murdoch
5 pts 20.6 Characters
10 pts Oldies
5 Multiple

Task total: 50 pts
Season total: 955 pts

15.7 Ratings Game

Information Received by E.R. Punshon

fewer than 250 ratings
as of posting: 193

20 task
5 oldie
____
25

Running total: 575

20.9 Apollo 11

Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz

+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.3, 20.6)

Task total = 30

Season total = 415

15.3 RG
250-999
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell

+15 reserved at 960 in the RG thread
+5 nonfiction
Task total: 20
Season total: 140

10.4 Visiting


Chess Story by Stefan Zweig

10 task
10 oldie
5 combo 20.1
_____
25

Running total: 600

15.4 RG, 25,000-74,999

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor (820 Lexile)

+15 Task
+5 Big

Task total: 20
Season total: 690

20.1 Iris Murdoch

Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner

+20 Task (published 1987)
+10 Combo 10.3, 20.6
+5 Oldies
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 40
Season Total: 710

10.6 Author Lifetime Awards

Beautiful Days: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates

+10 task (1988 St. Louis Literary Award)
+15 combo (10.3, 10.7, 20.6)

Task total=25
Grand total=740

10.9 All-Star Reads

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2003) 500 pages

+ 10 task
+ 15 Combo (10.2 Possesive - Jackson's Dilemma, 10.5D-Day , 20.6 Characters)
+ 5 Jumbo

Task 30 points
Season total 635

18/31 tasks completed

15.3 RG

15,000 � 24,999 ratings

All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka

+15 Task

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 725

20.8 Revisit a Friend

Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine by Tom Wolfe

+20 task (I first read this author in May 2019)
+25 combo (10.3, 10.6, 10.7, 20.1, 20.6)
+ 5 oldies (1977)

Task total=50
Grand total=790

10.6 Author Lifetime Awards

Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark

+10 Task
+20 Combo (10.10, 20.1, 20.5, 20.6)
+5 Oldies

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 595

20.2 Oxford Authors

An Ideal Husband; A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde*

*Note- I listened to the Librivox version of these plays... each play on GR has fewer than 100 pages.... but I found one book that contains both.... I hope that works for posting here...or should I just post each play separately?

Task=20
Combo= 10 (10.7; 20.6)
Young=10
Oldie=10 (1894)
Task Total=50

Grand Total= 1080

Completed Tasks: (27)
10.2 (15); 10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 10.5 (35); 10.6 (40)
15.1 (15); 15.2 (15); 15.3(25); 15.4 (20); 15.5 (20); 15.6 (25); 15.7 (25)
20.1 (35); 20.2 (50); 20.4 (45); 20.5 (40), 20.6 (40); 20.10 (20); 20.7 (50)
50.1(65); 50.1 again (60); 50.1 (3rd time)(70); 50.1 (4x)(70); 50.1 (5x)(75); 50.1 (6x)(75); 50.1 (7x)(70)
250,000 or more ratings
100,000 - 249,999
�75,000 - 99,999
�25,000 - 74,999
�15,000 - 24,999
�10,000 - 14,999
�5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
✔fewer than 250 ratings

15.4- RG

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Rating : 735 222

Task: 15
Old: first published in 1990- 5 points

Post total: 20
Season total: 335

15.5- RG
Straight into Darkness by Faye Kellerman
Ratings: 2032

Post: 15
Big: 5

Post 20
Season : 355