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10.3 Number of words in a sub-titlePandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong by Paul A. Offit
+10 pts - task (6 words)
Task Total - 10 pts
Season Total - 10 pts
15.1 Listopia ChainWarrior of the Wild by Tricia Levenseller
+15 Task (#671 on True Stand Alones Worth Reading)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 15
20.1 FavoritesReflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers
+20 task (Winter 2016-2017 20.1 Carson McCullers - author died at age 50 or younger)
+ 5 before 1998 (1941)
Task total: 25
Season total: 25
15.1 Listopia ChainExhalation by Ted Chiang
#5 on /list/show/1...
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Grand total: 15
20.1 FavoritesRainbow Valley (Anne of Green Gables #7) by L.M. Montgomery
author born 1874
+20 Task (Winter 13/14 - author born between 1866-1913)
+5 Before 1998
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 40
10. 5 Number of letters in setting, city/state/countryMagic Casement by Dave Duncan Published 1990
Countries name, 8 letters Pandamia
The country's name is on this copies MPG
/book/show/1...
+10 Task
+ 5 Published before 1998
Total Season 15
10.8 SummertimeThe Living and the Dead by Patrick White
+10 Task - Number is in MPE page count (358 pages)
+ 5 Oldies (1941)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 15
10.2. Number of words in titleThis is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
+10 task
Post Total = 10
Season Total = 10
...; 10.2; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...;
Summer 2012: 20.7 - A Poet's Non-Poetry (Spring 2011, 20.4)Read a book of non-poetry by a poet whom has published at least five books of poetry.
10 tasks from 10 different seasons (20.1-20.10 tasks chosen from 10 seasons)
Old Babes in the Wood: Stories by Margaret Atwood
+20 task
Post Total = 20
Season Total = 30
...; 10.2; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...;
...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 20.7; ...; ...; ...
10.4 SummertimeUndead and Unappreciated (Undead #3)
+10 Task ("Undead" 6-letter word in title)
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 50
Summertime ... and the livin' is easy ... 10.6 6, 7 or 8 . Number is in year of Author birth
Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland -
Author born in 1946 /author/show...
+10 Task
Total Task 10
Season Total 25
10.5 Number of letters in settingThe Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston
+10 task (Honduras)
Season total: 10
15.2 Listopia ChainKillers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
#87 on previous list: /list/show/1...
#41 on this list: /list/show/1...
15 task
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15
Running total: 30
20.1 Favorites - Popular ListsCoraline by Neil Gaiman
summer 2017 task 20.1 Popular lists (must have >1000 voters on list)
#47 on 'the Most popular fantasy on GR
20 task
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20
Running total: 50
10.7 SummertimeSecrets of the Amish Diary (Amish Inn Mysteries #1) by Rachael O. Phillips
+10 Task (published 2016)
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 60
15.1 Listopia ChainEpitaph by Mary Doria Russell
+15 Task (#33 on Historical Fiction 2015 - /list/show/7... )
+ 5 Big (581 pgs)
Task total = 20
10.6 SummertimeEyrie by Tim Winton
+10 Task (author born 1960 as per GR bio)
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 70
20.2 FavoritesA Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
+20 task (Spring 2016 20.1 William Shakespeare - Sonneteers List)
+ 5 before 1998 (1598)
Task total: 25
Season total: 50
10.3 SummertimeTripping Over Myself: A Memoir of a Life in Comedy by Shaun Micallef
+10 Task (6 words in subtitle)
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 80
20.1 Favorites Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan
20 pts 20.1 Favorites Detective Inaya Rahman is unmarried
Spring 2013 20.5 - In honor of Emma, read a book written by a woman with a single female narrator/main character.
Task total: 20 pts
Season total: 20 pts
Tasks used Round 1
Post 23: Spring 2013 20.5
10.9 - Author first/last name starts with F,G,HThe Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
Task 10
No bonus
Total: 10
Season total: 10
10.5 SummertimeA Bookshop In Algiers by Kaouther Adimi
+10 Task - Set approx 75% in Algiers, 7 letters
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 25
20.1 FavoritesPortuguese Irregular Verbs by Alexander McCall Smith
+20 Task (20.3 Fall 2022 20.9 ABCs, author's initials alphabetical )
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 20
20.2Summer 2015: 20.8 - A Funny Story - Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task:
Read a book shelved as comedy at least 40 times.
10 tasks from 10 different seasons (20.1-20.10 tasks chosen from 10 seasons)
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
Shelved as Comedy 506 times
+20 task
+5 oldies
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 55
...; 10.2; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...;
20.1; 20.2; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...
20.3Summer 2017: 20.4 Trilogies
In honor of Paradise and The Return of the King, read a book that is part of a completed trilogy.
10 tasks from 10 different seasons (20.1-20.10 tasks chosen from 10 seasons)
Birds, Beasts and Relatives by Gerald Durrell
+20 task
+5 oldies
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 80
...; 10.2; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...
10.5 SummertimePlain Deception (Amish Inn Mysteries #2) by Tara Randel
+10 Task (100% set in INDIANA - 7-letter in state name)
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 90
20.1 FavoritesThe Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates
+20 task (Fall 2010, Task 20.4 Harvest Season-name of a vegetable/starch)
Task total=20
Season total=20
10.7 - Summertime A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
🥳 first published 2016 🥳
+10 task (6 in original pub date)
Task total = 10
Season Total = 10
10.9 - SummertimeA Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow
+10 task (author last name begins with H)
Task total = 10
Season Total = 20
20.1 - Favorites The Pearl Sister by Lucinda Riley
🥳 first published 2017 🥳
+20 task (FA 15: publication year contains both a 7 and a 0)
+ 5 big (I think the MPE has 704 pages but the record is a bit confusing)
Task total = 25
Season Total = 45
10.3. 6,7,8 Number of words in subtitleUnder a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 6 words in subtitle
+10 Task
Total Season 35
20.2 FavoritesThe Midnight Line (Jack Reacher #22) by Lee Child
MPG Mystery
+20 Task (WI 22-23 - MPG Mystery)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 110
10.8 SummertimeSunday Silence (Frieda Klein #7) by Nicci French
+10 Task (416 pages - 6 in MPE page count)
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 120
20.1 FavoritesA Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
+20 Task (Fall 2018 Read a novella; 100-200 pages)
+5 Before 1998
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 25
20.3 FavoritesMagic or Madness (Magic or Madness #1) by Justine Larbalestier
author born 1967 as per GR bio
+20 Task (WI 17-18 - author born in 1918-2006)
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 140
10.1 Number of letters in author’s first name Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity by Nicklas Brendborg
+10 task total
Season total: 20
20.1 Favorites Concrete Desert by Jon Talton
+20 Task (Fall 22 King: Read any debut novel)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 20
100 points (10 tasks from 10 different seasons (20.1-20.10 tasks chosen from 10 seasons)
20.2 Favorites The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
+20 Task (WI 22-23 Books: Read a book whose MPG is Books About Books)
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 40
100 points (10 tasks from 10 different seasons (20.1-20.10 tasks chosen from 10 seasons)
10.5 Number of letters in settingOne Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
The setting is Positano.
Task total: 10 (8 letters)
Season total: 60
20.4 Spring 2015:20.9 - Nameless - Kate S's Task:
Read a book with an unnamed narrator. Some examples can be found here.
10 tasks from 10 different seasons (20.1-20.10 tasks chosen from 10 seasons)
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
+20 task
Post Total = 20
Season Total = 100
...; 10.2; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...
20.5 Spring 2016:20.10 AutoBioMem Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task
Read a biography, autobiography or memoir.
10 tasks from 10 different seasons (20.1-20.10 tasks chosen from 10 seasons)
The Garden of the Gods by Gerald Durrell
+20 task
+5 oldies
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 125
...; 10.2; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...
20.1 FavouritesMonsieur Malaussène by Daniel Pennac
+20 Task (Spring 2023 20.2 French - Read a book originally published in French)
+5 Before 1998 (1995)
Task total = 25
Points total = 25
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20.2 FavouritesPassion Fruit by Daniel Pennac
+20 Task (Fall 2022 - 20.10 Birthday - Read any book whose original publication year is 2 consecutive digits : first published 1999)
Task total = 20
Points total = 45
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15.1 Listopia ChainUnder the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
# 9 on “Must-Read Non-Fiction� /list/show/7...
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 15
15.2 Listopia ChainInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
# 4 on "Must Read Non-Fiction" (previous list) /list/show/7...
# 23 on "American Literature at the Movies" /list/show/1...
Task Points: 15
Before 1998: + 5 (1996)
Points This Post: 20
Season Total: 35
20.1 FavoritesNight's Cloak by E.R. Punshon
+20 Task (Summer 2019, 20.1 Iris Murdoch, published during Iris Murdoch's lifetime (1919-1999)
+ 5 Before 1998 (1944(
Task total = 25
Season total = 45
10.1 - SummertimeThe Wife by Meg Wolitzer
+10 task (8 letters in author's last name)
Task total = 10
Season Total = 55
10.7 Summertime: 6,7,8 in pub. dateTruly Devious by Maureen Johnson
+10 Task, pub. 2018
Task total: 10
Season total: 10
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10.4 Summertime
How Late It Was, How Late
+10 Task 6 Words in title
5 Oldies
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 315 (assumes mid season with a previous total of 300)
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15.4 Listopia Chain
Rose Madder by Stephen King
+15 Task (#15 from previous list: /list/show/6...) #46 on new list: /list/show/8...
+15 Task
+5 Big
+5 Before 1998
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 340 (assumes mid-season with a previous total of 315)
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20.6 Favorites
Daybreak: A Novel by Belva Plain
+20 Task (Winter 2010/11 One Word Title)
+5 Before 1998
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 365 (assumes mid-season with a previous total of 340)