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While not required, if you would like to share your plans for the 20-point sub-challenge this summer, this is the place for it.

Second round

(WI 11-12) 20.10 Play the numbers-originally published in a year which contains the numerals 1 and 2
Street of No Return by David Goodis

✔️(Spring 2012) 20.5 In honor of Shakespeare and Co-originally published in the 1950s
The Blonde on the Street Corner by David Goodis

(Fall 2012) Veteran's Day, November 11th-has published books for 20 or more years
Somebody's Fool by Richard Russo

(Fall 2013) 20.2 Author alive between 1909 and 1922
The Golden Deed by Andrew Garve

(SP 2014) 20.10 Published by...Archipelago Books, Melville House, or NYRB
Fat City by Leonard Gardner

(WI 17-18) 20.3 Aged-author who lived 75 years or longer
First Blood by Jack Schaefer

(WI 21-22) 20.10 Pulp-any book by one of these pulp fiction authors
Night Squad by David Goodis


First round

✔️(FA10) 20.4 Harvest Season-name of a vegetable/starch
The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates

✔️(WI 10-11) 20.3 Shortest Day/Month of the Year-one word title
Clue by Michael McDowell

✔️(SP11) 20.1 - Alliteration-title has words that begin with the same consonant or vowel sound. Ex. Rabbit Run, Bag of Bones
Bukowski for Beginners by Carlos Polimeni

✔️(Fall 2012) 20.8 Veteran's Day-author has published for 20 or more years
Cardiff, by the Sea: Four Novellas of Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates

✔️(Spring 2013) 20.10 Initially-author's given names are usually published as initials only
Joey's Case by K.C. Constantine

✔️(Fall 2014) 20.2 Birthplace-author born in Belgium, Ireland, Germany, or Switzerland
On Writing by Charles Bukowski 1920-1994

✔️(WI 16-17) 20.6-title is a full sentence
The Bell Tolls for No One by Charles Bukowski

✔️(Summer 2017) 20.5 It's Elemental-earth, air, or fire in title
What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire by Charles Bukowski

✔️(WI 19-20) 20.9 The Season of Shorter Days-anthology or collection of stories that includes (non-introductory) writing by more than one author
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022 by Jess Walter

✔️(SP 20) 20.8-character drinks or brews a cup of hot tea
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

so far it looks like this:

20.1 The Long Con Gone Girl

20.2 London Calling A Far Cry from Kensington

20.3 Popular Lists Coraline

20.4 Single Word Mort

20.5 Addiction Post Office

20.6 Sanctuary Less

20.7 Winter Birthdays - a Ross MacDonald book

20.8 Shakespeare Fool

20.9 Boomer The Nature of the Beast

20.10 Another Birthday The Princeling of Nanjing

Working on my plan to finish it once, then start again.

�� FA 22 20.9 ABCs (Author's initials appear in alphabetical order) 20.4
Absolutely Positively Connecticut: More Stories from the Award-Winning WTNH-TV Series Now Seen on CPTV by Diane Smith

�� SU 15 20.4 The South (Set in US South) WV 20.8
Charley Bland by Mary Lee Settle

�� WI 13-14 20.10 Between the Wars (author born between 1866-1913) 20.6
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner (born 1909)

�� FA 10 20.5 Freedom Season (a book related to the American Civil War or a novel set in a Southern state) 20.9
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

�� WI 22-23 20.10 Mystery (MPG - Mystery)
Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline 20.10

�� WI 16-17 20.1 Carson McCullers (author died at age 50 or younger) 20.1
Reflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers

�� FA 21 20.3 Ratings (average rating of 4.0 or higher) 20.3
Mink River by Brian Doyle

�� SP 16 20.1 William Shakespeare (Sonneteers list) 20.2
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

FA 17 20.5 Old (main story set 100 years or more before publication)
�� The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell 20.5

�� SP14 20.5 Othello (protagonist is a member of a minority group)
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree by Ann Weisgarber 20.7
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SU 19 20.1 Iris Murdoch (book published during her lifetime 1919-1999)
Storyteller by Leslie Marmon Silko

�� FA 22 20.10 Birthday (Pub date year contains 2 consecutive digits) Pub 1992 20.1 Round 2
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

WI 18-19 20.10 Over and Under (rating over 3.74 and under 1001 ratings)
Moving On by Sara Steger

SP 14 20.8 Spring Fling (a title word with 5 or more letters with only 1 vowel)
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya

SP 18 20.7 The Red Queen (fiction about royalty)
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C.W. Gortner

WI 18-19 20.8 Appalachia (setting)
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Others to consider:
The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse
The City of Tears by Kate Mosse
Pompeii by Robert Harris

Here's my plan. I used the 20.4 task from different seasons.

SP 2015 Guardian: In honor of La Bete Humaine, read a book from The Guardian’s 1000 novels everyone must read. - Suite Française
SU 2015 The South: In honor of Margaret Walker’s 100th birth anniversary, read a book in which at least 75% of the story is set in the US South (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia). - Uncle Tom's Cabin Or Life Among The Lowly
FA 2015 Balance: In honor of A Fine Balance, read one of the top 100 from the list South Asian Fiction - The Enchantress of Florence [#74]
SP 2016 Evelyn Waugh: Read a book written by an author who died during Evelyn Waugh's lifetime (1903-1966)- The Filigree Ball [1935]
SU 2016 Go for the Gold! The top three gold producing countries in the world are China, Australia, and Russia. - The Piano Teacher [Hong Kong]
FA 2016 Evelyn Waugh: Read one of the top 125 from this list There Ought to be a Band on which is found his novel Vile Bodies. - Six of Crows [#39]
SU 2017 Trilogies: In honor of Paradise and The Return of the King, read a book that is part of a completed trilogy. - Born in Fire
FA 2017 Nighttime: Read any book which takes place in a single night (a single day, 24 hours). - Breathing Lessons
FA 2022 Saramago: Read any book set at least 51% in the 18th Century (1701-1800). - A Tale of Two Cities
WI 2022 Southeast Asia: In honor of Thich Nhat Hanh and F. Sionil José, read any book set at least 75% in one of these Southeast Asia countries ... - A Nail Through the Heart

SP '12, El Ateneo: In honor of El Ateneo bookstore, a bookshop converted from an old theatre in downtown Buenos Aires, read a book that has been made into a movie. (Rebecca)
SP '13, Initially: Read a book by an author whose given names are usually published as initials only. (C.J. Box)
SP '14, Spring Fling: Read a book with a title which contains a 5 (or more) letter word with only one vowel. (Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love & Karaoke)
SU '15, Books in Books: Read a book that was mentioned in a novel you read for the Spring or Summer 2015 challenge. (I read Station Eleven Spring 2015 post 707; Hamlet)
FA '15, Authors with Three Names: Read a book by an author who is known by three names in ŷ������ (Erica Ruth Neubauer)
SP '16, William Shakespeare: Read any book by one of these sonneteers [links to Wikipedia page "Sonneteers"] (Much Ado About Nothing)
SU '16, The Gods!: Read a book about the ancient Greek or Roman gods or ancient mythological figures, i.e.: Minotaur, etc. (Lore)
WI '16/'17, Wunderkind: Read any work that features music or musicians (Daisy Jones & The Six
SP '17, Yours, Mine, and Ours: Read a book where a character is taken up by a new author (Reluctant Immortals)
SU '17, Trilogies: Read a book that is part of a completed trilogy (Hunter's Moon)

THIRD PLAN:

�� 20.1
Winter 2016-17 - Task 20.6 The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Read a book where the title is a full sentence.
We're in Trouble by Christopher Coake

�� 20.2
Winter 2019-20 - Task 20.7 Island Dreams
Read a book that takes place (at least 75%) on an island country listed on this page:
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
UK

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Spring 2020 - Task 20.8 My Cup of Tea
Read a novel in which a character drinks or brews a cup of hot tea. Please include the sentence when claiming the book for points.
Marking Time by Elizabeth Jane Howard
"They had baked beans and toast and lovely strong Indian tea" page 14

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Fall 2019 - Task 20.8 Periodic Table
Read a book written by a single author whose first and last initial match a chemical symbol in order (e.g., Fe).
Ancestry by Simon Mawer
Sm = Samarium

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Winter 2018-19 - Task 20.9 Long Nights, Long Books
Read a book of at least 700 pages.
Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope
750 pages

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Fall 2015 - Task 20.9 Authors with Three Names
Read a book by an author who is known by three names in ŷ������.
The Hive by Camilo José Cela

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Summer 2018 - Task 20.6 Winter's Tale
Read a book with the title format "The Something's Something".
The Abbot's Agreement by Melvin R. Starr

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Fall 2017 - Task 20.7 Single Word
Read a book with a title consisting of a single word.
Blacklands by Belinda Bauer

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Spring 2018 - Task 20.7 The Red Queen
Read a book which is a fictional account of historical royalty, or in which there is a fictional royal character.
Heartstone by C.J. Sansom
Henry VIII's 6th wife, Queen Catherine, is a character

Winter 2015-16 - Task 20.9 Winnie-the-Pooh
Read a book published during author A.A. Milne's lifetime (1882-1956).
The Long Valley by John Steinbeck
1938

✔️SP '12 Nonfiction about religion (Dewey 200-299)
"20.6 - In honor of Selexyz Bookstore, a dutch bookstore located inside a refurbished Dominican church dating from 1294, Read a Novel that has a religious figure as the main character OR a non-fiction book about religion (Dewey decimal numbers: 200-299)."

The Eight Doors of the Kingdom: Meditations on the Beatitudes Paperback by Fr. Jacques Philippe Library copy 226.9306

✔️SU '12 20.4 Literature Map Linnets and Valerians by Elizabeth Goudge
Elizabeth Goudge is on Rumer Godden’s map. I read Black Narcissus last season.

✔️SP '13 Initially: Read a book by an author whose given names are usually published as initials only.
Greengates by R.C. Sherriff

WI '14-15 20.5 Mystery Women - female mystery writer on the list whose protagonist is also female.
The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs series)

SU '17 Popular Lists. Read a book in top 10 of a list with more than 1,000 voters.
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl on several popular lists.

SU '18 Winter's Tale Title format is the something's something.
The Dean's Watch by Elizabeth Goudge

✔️FA '18 20.7 A month in the country Read a novella 100-200 pages
A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr

✔️WI '18-19 20.10 Over and Under - average rating over 3.74 AND under 1001 ratings
Joseph, the Man Who Raised Jesus by Gary Caster

✔️WI '19-'20 Stand up for your rights. Read a book (fiction or non-fiction) where someone faces discrimination (racial, gender, religious, age, sexual orientation etc.).
All In: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King

✔️SU '20 20.7 Canada - author born or book set in Canada
Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin

✔️FA '20 20.9 Initiated Read one of the top 350 books from the list of Most Begun but Unfinished (Initiated) Books.
#80 is Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
/list/show/4...

✔️WI '21-'22 The Keys to the Kingdom was a NYT bestseller in January 1942. Read a book with 5k or fewer ratings and published in the 20th century (1901-2000).
Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart by Jacques Philippe published 1991

SP '22 20.10 Between the Wars (Elizabeth(Alaska)'s Task
Read any book that takes place 1919-1938.
The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu (takes place in 1936)

✔️FA '22 Birthday Read any book whose original publication year is 2 consecutive digits. (e.g. 1944, 1880, 2006)
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle published 1887

✔️SP '23 Read a book originally published in French.
Encounters with Angels: The Invisible Companions of Our Spiritual Life by Odile Haumonte

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1. 20.8 Gothic FA 21
Nine Coaches Waiting
Caleb Williams
✔️ The Fate of Mercy Alban

2. 20.9 Nieces (books about books) WI 20-21
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading
✔️ Parnassus on Wheels
The Personal Librarian

3. 20.6 Coleridge-Most Poetic Book Titles FA 22
✔️ Half of a Yellow Sun
And Quiet Flows the Don

4. 20.10 Mystery WI 22-23
Blanche Among the Talented Tenth
✔️ The Famous DAR Murder Mystery

5. 20.1 Decade WI 19-20
The Fault in Our Stars
✔️ The Light Between Oceans

6.20.1 Inaugural Booker Prize FA 19
✔️ The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
The Luminaries

7. 20.10 Historical SU 19
The Shelters of Stone by Jean M. Auel
Katherine by Anya Seton
✔️ Death in Kenya by M M Kaye

8. 20.6 Crime Sp 15
✔️ Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
L. A Confidential

9. 20.4 1001 Wi 14-15
An Artist of the Floating World
The Great Indian Novel
✔️ The House on the Borderland

10. 20.1 Tea SU 2014
✔️ Ghachar Ghochar
Trouble in Nuala
OR
20.4 The South SU 2015
On Agate Hill
Rabbit Cake

I am having too much fun planning, I have one 20 point plan covering 20.1-20.10 through various seasons, but I think I have 8 single task plans I have also made.
(I missed the second page of archives initially, so had to go back for more!)

I am not going to post all of the plans here, just register my tasks, because I think I have some questions:

Summer 2015 20.5 - Post-Colonial: In honor of Jean Rhys�� 125th birth anniversary, read a book shelved as " Post Colonial " at least 3 times. From this list /shelf/show/...

Also Summer 2015, 20.3 - Post-modern: In honor of Saul Bellow’s 100th birth anniversary and Bharati Mukherjee’s 75th birthday and read any work by one of these Post-modern Writers . From this list

Winter 2013-14 20.5 - Disturbing: In honor of Last Exit To Brooklyn, read a book shelved at least five times as "disturbing" . From this list /shelf/show/...

Spring 2021 20.1 Prize: A Spell of Winter was the inaugural winner of the Bailey's/Orange/Women's Prize for fiction 25 years ago. In honor of this anniversary, read any book that has won or been nominated for this prize (under any name). All Orange Prize winners or nominees from this list /award/show/...

Winter 2019-2020 20.10 A Winning Decade: Read a book that has received one of the following literary awards during the years 2010-2019. Using Costa, Hugo and Pulitzer prizes

Spring 2018 20.3 Sanctuary: The authors of Sanctuary and Sanctuary each won the Pulitzer Prize in the fiction/novel category. Read a book by any author who has won in the novel or fiction category of the Pulitzer Prize. This is the list of winners we will be using

Spring 2022 20.6 The Color Purple: In honor of the 1983 winner, read one of the top 100 BBBC most inspiring novels. .

Summer 2012 20.4 - Literature Map (Fall 2010, 10.2):
Go to Literature Map and type in an author whose work you read this spring (March, April, May). Read a book by another author who comes up on the literature map. While you can repeat this task as many times as you like, you must continue to use the first literature map that you created. Additionally, you must select a different author to read each time you repeat this task. State the author you used to create your Literature Map when claiming points.

The Beginning Plus the Summers
Planning round 2

1. FA 2010 -20.8 Just The Facts, Ma’am
Read a non-fiction book that has a minimum of 200 pages. The book can be about any subject.
✔️ The Men Who Stare at Goats

2. SU 2012 - 20.1 Make Me Laugh
Read A Black Comedy Or Satirical Novel from one of the following lists: The Blackest Black Humor, Black Comedy Books, Best Dark Humor (top 51 books), OR Satirical Novels
✔️ MaddAddam

3. SU 2013 - 20.10 World Series
Read a novel set primarily (more than half) in one of the cities which has won a world series World Series Champions locations
World Series Champions (non-Excel link)
✔️ Buffalo Bayou: A Noir Crime Thriller(Houston)

4. SU 2014 - 20.3 Banned
Read a book by an author whose work was burned in Nazi Germany OR read a book listed on this banned books link.
✔️ Island by Aldous Huxley

5. SU 2015 - The South
read a book in which at least 75% of the story is set in the US South (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia).
✔️ On Agate Hill
The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt

6. SU 2016 - 20.9 Political
Read a political thriller or a non-fiction book about politics as we gear up for a big election season. (The genre 'political thriller' or 'politics' must show up on the ŷ������ book page).
A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times
The Age of American Unreason
✔️ How Trump Won: The Inside Story of a Revolution

7. SU 2017 - Frosty June
Read a book from the top 300 of this list. The master list we will be using for this task will be extracted on June 1 and will be posted in the appropriate task thread.
✔️ Snow Crash - #8
The Snow Child - #20

8. SU 2018 - 20.4
Read an author's debut novel.
✔️ Rabbit Cake

9.SU 2019 - 20.4 The Black Prince
Read a book from Boxall's 1001 books to read before you die, written by a woman. This list may be of use.
The Black Prince
The Bell
Fall on Your Knees
✔️ Nights at the Circus
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
The Professor's House
The Driver's Seat
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Small Island
Fear of Flying

10. SU 2020 - 20.8
Inspired by The Tales of Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, Jemima Puddle-Duck and more, read a novel which has a main character’s name or nickname in the title. First, last or full name are okay, and the name may be the whole title or part of it. (examples: Olive Kitteridge, Jane Eyre, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and The Brothers Karamazov).
✔️ Jayber Crow
Hannah Coulter