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Post 369 Gabriel wrote: "20.1 Iris MurdochMarcovaldo by Italo Calvino (pub'd 1963)
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.7)
+5 Oldie (1963)
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Task Total: 30
Season total: 95"
As this is short stories, does it have 9 or more characters in the collection?
Post 375 Mary wrote: "10.9 All Star ReadsThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
10 pts. 10.9All Star Reads
5 pts. 10.3 Summer 2017
5 pts 10.4 Visiting
5 pts Severed Head. [book:Toad of T..."
I'm sorry, Mary. I don't see this on the bookshelves of either group. Am I missing something or did you mean a different task?
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 375 Mary wrote: "10.9 All Star ReadsThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
10 pts. 10.9All Star Reads
5 pts. 10.3 Summer 2017
5 pts 10.4 Visiting
5 pts Severed..."
Hi Elizabeth. Sorry for the error. This does not qualify for 10.4. Not sure how I got off track! I appreciate the help
20.6 CharactersPym by Mat Johnson
+20 task
+ 5 combo (10.3)
+ 5 multiple
+10 young (born August 19, 1970)
Task total=40
Grand total=695
20.8 Revisit a Friend Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman
Low Lexile
+20 Task (first read August 2018)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 505
10.10 Group ReadDays Without End by Sebastian Barry
Wonderful group read choice, Elizabeth. 5 stars!
+10 task
+ 5 combo 20.6 Characters
Task total: 15
Season total: 395
Task 20.1 Iris MurdochRead a book published during Iris Murdoch's lifetime (1919-1999)
The Brave Bostonians: Hutchinson, Quincy, Franklin, and the Coming of the American Revolution (1998) by Philip McFarland (Hardcover, 304 pages) [973.311]
+20 Task
+05 Combo (#20.6(nine or more characters))
Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25
Grand Total: 170 + 25 = 195
50.1- GuadaloupeCrossing the Mangrove by Maryse Condé
set 100% in Guadaloupe
Task=50
Combo= 10 (10.3; 20.6)
Multiple=5
Oldie=5 (1989)
Task Total=70
Grand Total= 685
Completed Tasks: (19)
10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 10.6 (40)
15.1 (15); 15.2 (15); 15.3(25); 15.4 (20); 15.5 (20); 15.6 (25);
20.1 (35); 20.4 (45); 20.5 (40), 20.6 (40); 20.10 (20);
50.1(65); 50.1 again (60); 50.1 (3rd time)(70); 50.1 (4x)(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
10.8 SeriesThe Fallen by Jassy Mackenzie
10 pts 10.8 Series
5 pts. Characters
10 pts Young. See post 45 in the General Questions thread
Task total: 25 pts
Season total: 720 pts
15.3 - ratings gameAccordion Crimes by Annie Proulx
� 5,000 - 9,999
� 6,230 ratings as of 07 july 2019
task: +15
+ 5 combo (20.3; adapted for stage in finland, 2011)
+ 5 combo (20.1; 1996)
+ 5 combo (20.6; 9+++ named characters - each chapter new characters)
+ 5 jumbo (544 pages)
task total: 35
season total: 70
* edited only to add word 'named' to combo bonus 20.6 *
15.4 - ratings gameThe Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
� 75,000 - 99,999
� 88,437 ratings as of 07 july 2019
task + 15
+ 5 combo (20.1; 1987)
+ 5 combo (20.3; adapted to stage play, UK 2005)
+ 5 combo (20.6; 9++ named characters)
+ 5 oldies (1987)
+ 5 jumbo (632 pages)
task total: 40
season total: 110
Post 412 Jennifer wrote: "15.3 - ratings gameAccordion Crimes by Annie Proulx
� 5,000 - 9,999
� 6,230 ratings as of 07 july 2019
task: +15
+ 5 combo (20.3; adapted for stage in finland, 20..."
Jennifer, Ratings Game and other sub-challenges, aren't eligible for combos and other styles that apply to the 10- and 20-point tasks. This season there *are* 3 styles for RG: Nonfiction, Big (books 500+ pages), and books published in 1994 and earlier.
If you want this and Post 413 to be RG claims, we will allot those styles as appropriate, but not the combos.
15.5 Ratings Game75,000 - 99,999
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
+15 Task (77,683 as I post)
+ 5 Before 1994 (pub'd 1930)
Task total = 20
Season total = 390
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Jennifer, Ratings Game and other sub-challenges, aren't eligible for combos and other styles that apply to the 10- and 20-point tasks. "DOH!! completely asleep at the keyboard this morning.
do i need to re-post with corrections?
thank you, elizabeth. :)
Jennifer wrote: "do i need to re-post with corrections?"Not as long as you still want those books for RG. You posted the relevant page counts and pub years for Kate to get your score OK.
50.1 SenegalThe Beggars' Strike by Aminata Sow Fall
50 pts. 50.1 Project RWS
5 pts 10.2 Jackson’s Dilemma
5 pts. 20.1 Iris Murdoch
5 pts 20.6 Characters
5 pts Multiple
5 pts Oldies
Task total: 75 pts
Season total: 795 pts
15.5 RGfewer than 250 ratings
Green Living Can Be Deadly by Staci McLaughlin
+15 Task -- 152 ratings
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 490
20.9 Apollo 11 (Kate S's Task)A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
+20 Task -- shelved 60 times as Space>Space Opera
+5 Combo (20.6 at least nine named characters)
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 515
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Not as long as you still want those books for RG. You posted the relevant page counts and pub years for Kate to get your score OK."yep - they are great staying as RG. thanks again, elizabeth. :)
20.6 CharactersThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Assignment with Lexile 1050
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.4, 10.5 (best beginning #63), 20.1, 20.4)
+10 Young
+5 Multiple
+5 Oldie
Task Total: 60
Season Total: 130
50.1- NicaraguaMy Car in Managua by Forrest D. Colburn
set about 95%in Nicaragua
Task=50
Combo= 15 (10.2; 10.3; 20.1)
Multiple=5
Oldie=5 (1989)
Task Total=75
Grand Total= 760
Completed Tasks: (20)
10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 10.6 (40)
15.1 (15); 15.2 (15); 15.3(25); 15.4 (20); 15.5 (20); 15.6 (25);
20.1 (35); 20.4 (45); 20.5 (40), 20.6 (40); 20.10 (20);
50.1(65); 50.1 again (60); 50.1 (3rd time)(70); 50.1 (4x)(70); 50.1 (5x)(75)
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
20.6 CharactersPromise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose by Joe Biden
+20 task
+ 5 multiples
Task total: 25
Season total: 420
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 the goodreads page, this book was translated by Don Bartlett)
+10 Task
+20 Combo (10.3, 10.8, 20.6, 20.7)
Task total: 30
Season total: 540
20.4 The Black PrinceThe Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark
+20 Task
+ 20 Combo (10.6 Author Lifetime Awards, 20.1 Iris Murdoch, 20.5 London, 20.6 Characters)
+5 Oldies (1963)
Task total: 45
Season total: 275
10.6 Author Lifetime AwardsThe Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
Golden PEN Award (1999)
+10 Task
+10 Combo (20.1 Iris Murdoch, 20.6 Characters)
+5 Oldies (1978)
Task total: 25
Season total: 300
20.9 Apollo 11The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
(shelved as "space" 52 times)
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.6 Characters)
+10 Young (author born 1969)
Task total: 35
Season total: 335
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
+10 Oldie
35 Task
600 Season Total
16/31 complete
50.1- SenegalXala by Ousmane Sembène
set 100% in Senegal
Task=50
Combo= 15 (10.3; 20.1; 20.6)
Multiple=5
Oldie=5 (1973)
Task Total=75
Grand Total= 835
Completed Tasks: (21)
10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 10.6 (40)
15.1 (15); 15.2 (15); 15.3(25); 15.4 (20); 15.5 (20); 15.6 (25);
20.1 (35); 20.4 (45); 20.5 (40), 20.6 (40); 20.10 (20);
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
15.5 RG1,000 - 4,999 Ratings
A Scone to Die For (Oxford Tearoom Mysteries #1) by H.Y. Hanna
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 440
From Post 386Beth wrote: "20.10 Historical
The Valcourt Heiress by Catherine Coulter
+20 task
+5 combo (20.6)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 565"
+5 Combo 10.8
From Post 400Megan wrote: "10.7 Summer Shorts (Mary's Task)
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim
+10 Task -- book of short essays
+5 Combo (10.2 "..."
+10 Young
20.8 Revisit a FriendLike Lions by Brian Panowich
( read the first book in this series Bull Mountain 31 Dec 2018)
+20 pts -Task
+10 pts - Combo (10.8, 20.6)
Task Total - 30 pts
Season Total - 235 pts
50.1 GuineaThe Dark Child by Camara Laye
50 pts. 50.1 Guinea see discussion thread for OK
5 pts 10.3 Summer 2017
5 pts 20.1 Iris Murdoch
5 pts 20.6 Characters
5 pts Multiple
5 pts Oldies
Task total. 75 pts
Season total. 870 pts
10.1 Design Your Own Task- Read a Book for my Real Life Book ClubThe Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
Task=10
Combo= 5 (20.6)
Task Total=15
Grand Total= 850
Completed Tasks: (22)
10.2 (15); 10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 10.6 (40)
15.1 (15); 15.2 (15); 15.3(25); 15.4 (20); 15.5 (20); 15.6 (25);
20.1 (35); 20.4 (45); 20.5 (40), 20.6 (40); 20.10 (20);
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
Task 15.4 The Ratings Game75,000 - 99,999 (locked into this range, thanks Kate S!)
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003) by Walter Isaacson
+15 Task
+05 Non-fiction
+05 Big
Task Total: 15 + 05 +05 = 25
Grand Total: 195 + 25 = 220
20.9 Apollo 11 A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
+20 Task
+5 combo 20.6
+5 Multiple
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 550
10.3 Summer 2017The Irish Inheritance by M.J. Lee
+10 pts - Task
+ 5 pts - Multiple
Task Total - 15 pts
Season Total - 250 pts
10.5 D-Day Best Ending: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
+10 Task
Task Total: 10 pts
Season Total: 160 pts
20.6 CharactersThe Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
+20 Task
+10 Young
+5 Combo (10.8)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 330
15.6 RGA People's History of Science: Miners, Midwives, and Low Mechanicks by Clifford D. Conner
250 to 999 ratings
+20 task
+5 nonfiction
+5 length (568 pages)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 595
20.10 Historical (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s task)The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory
+ 15 combo (20.6, 20.5, 10.8 #14 /series/1879... )
+ 5 jumbo (544 pages)
Task total: 40
Season total: 120
15.4 RG250 - 999 ratings (720 ratings)
Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom by Condoleezza Rice
+15 task
+ 5 non-fiction
Task total=20
Grand total=715
10.1 Design Your Own TaskRead a book from "What to read in 2019 list
Chocolate Cream Pie Murderby Joanne Fluke
#39 on the list
Task +10
Grand Total: 75
20.7 ShakespeareAs You Like It by William Shakespeare
Task=20
Combo= 5 (20.6)
Oldie=25 (1599)
Task Total=50
Grand Total= 900
Completed Tasks: (23)
10.2 (15); 10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 10.6 (40)
15.1 (15); 15.2 (15); 15.3(25); 15.4 (20); 15.5 (20); 15.6 (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
20.9 Apollo 11 Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
+20 Task (shelved 44 times as space)
+5 combo 10.3
+5 Multiple
+10 Young (born 1979)
Task Total: 40
Season Total: 590
15.7-1,000 - 4,999 ratingsOperation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth
Task=20
Old=5 (1993)
Task Total=25
Grand Total= 925
Completed Tasks: (24)
10.2 (15); 10.2 (10); 10.3 (25); 10.4 (40); 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
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Caribbean's Keeper: A Novel of Vendetta by Brian Boland
+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.2)
+10 Young (according to this, author was 35 in 2016: ...."
Hi Gabe - while we don't use calculated birth dates based on some other event, I did find a reliable reference that qualifies Boland for the Young style.