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20.6 � Favorites (repeated)Suzette ou le grand amour by Fabien Toulmé
FA 20 - 20.5 Wine
They drink wine several times in this graphic novel: porto, french white & red wine, italian pinot grigo
Task total = 20
Points total = 680
10.1 ; 10.2 ; 10.3 ; 10.4 ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; 10.7 ; 10.8 ; 10.9 ; 10.10
15.1 ; 15.2 ; 15.3 ; � ; � ; � ; � ; � ; � ; �
20.1 (2) ; 20.2 (2) ; 20.3 (2) ; 20.4 (x2) ; 20.5 (x2) ; 20.6 (x2) ; 20.7 ; 20.8 ; 20.9 ; 20.10
20.10 Favorites - Round 2Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
SU 18 - 20.4 The Piano Teacher - author's debut novel
+20 Task
+100 Finisher - 10 different seasons
Task total: 120
Grand total: 950
Joanna has been looking at the database and has found some scoring errors by all of us! Thank you, Joanna!Anika: Post 222, plus 5 points Before 1998
Rebekah: Post 326, plus 5 points Before 1998
Marie: Post 491, plus 5 points Before 1998
Joanne: Post 700, plus 5 points Before 1998
Rebekah: Post 435, plus 5 points Before 1998
Tawallah: Post 141, plus 5 points Before 1998
Rebekah: Post 584, plus 5 points Before 1998
Karen Michelle: Post 659, plus 5 points Before 1998
Jayme: Post 65 for Three to Get Deadly, plus 5 points Before 1998
Kathleen (itpdx): Post 644, plus 5 points Before 1998
Tien: Post 586, plus 5 points Big (MPE 504 pgs)
Rebekah: Post 566, plus 5 points Big (MPE 502 pgs)
Ed: Post 153, plust 5 points Big (MPE 624 pgs)
20.10 Favorites, "Dead Souls" (SP18 20.6, The authors of Dead Souls and Dead Souls each have a surname with non-consecutive repeating consonants. Read a book by any author whose surname consists of non-consecutive repeating consonants)The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson
+20 Task, johNsoN
Task total: 20
+100 Ten Tasks, Ten Seasons (FA10, SP11, WI11/12, SU14, WI14/15, FA15, SP18, SP20, FA20, FA22)
Season total: 1435
20 Point Tasks, Round 3, All One Task20.3: Winter 2013/14 20.5 - Disturbing: In honor of Last Exit To Brooklyn, read a book shelved at least five times as "disturbing" .
The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts by Arthur Miller
Shelved as disturbing 7 times
+20 task
+5 Before 1998 (1953)
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 1165
10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2) ; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x3); 20.2 (x3); 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x2); 20.5 (x2); 20.6 (x2); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x2)
20 Point Tasks, Round 3, All One Task20.4 Winter 2013/14 20.5 - Disturbing: In honor of Last Exit To Brooklyn, read a book shelved at least five times as "disturbing" .
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
Shelved as disturbing 18 times
+20 task
+5 Big (566 pages)
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 1190
10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2) ; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x3); 20.2 (x3); 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x2); 20.6 (x2); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x2)
15.6 Listopia Chain 2The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
#4 on previous list: /list/show/413
#3 on this list: /list/show/3...
20 task
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20
Running total: 1000
10.4. Number of letters in a title wordWonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo
Task total: 10 ("Wonder" has 6 letters)
Season total: 250 + 10 = 260
The "Before 1998" style is actually 1998 and Before. Corrections for Posts of books posted in 1998 and style not claimed are:+5 Points to ...
Jayme: Post 522
Kathleen (itpds): Post 718
Bucket: Posts 733, 736 and 738
(Next Readerboard Update will reflect these.)
10.1 Summertime Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
+10 Task 7 letters in author's name
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 605
20.4 Favorites - Round 2 My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith
+20 Task (SU 20 Africa: Read a book set at least 75% in an African country OR read a book by an author born in an African country.
Alexander McCall Smith was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Task Total: 20
Season Total: 380
15.10 Listopia Chain This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
+30 Task (#56 on previous list: /list/show/1...)
+40 Task
+100 finisher bonus
Task Total: 140
Season Total: 745
10.7 Number in original publication dateMagic's Pawnby Mercedes Lackey
published 1989
Task +10
+ 5 Before 1998
Book Total:
Grand Total: 200
10.10 SummertimeTitle begins with the 6th, 7th, 8th letter of the alphabet (F, G, H)
Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls
Task total: 10
Finisher bonus: 100
Season total: 565
20.8 - Favorites - Round 3In for the Kill by John Lutz
+20 task - Winter 2022/23 - 20.10 Mystery (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 800
10.5 Setting 2.0What Abigail Did That Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
London
10 task
_____
10
Running total: 1010
15.7 Listopia Chain 2The Arrival by Shaun
#7 on previous list: /list/show/3...
#22 on this list: /list/show/210
20 task
_____
20
Running total: 1030
10.4 Summertime Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal
+10 task (6 letters in Hooked)
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 1235
10.5 Summertime Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery
+10 task (setting Canada)
+ 5 before 1998 (1919)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1250
10.6 Summertime Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery
+10 task (born 1874)
+ 5 before 1998 (1921)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1265
10.9 Summertime The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths
+10 task (author last name begins G)
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 1275
10.7 Summertime The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis
+10 task (publication date 1986)
+ 5 before 1998
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1290
10.7 SummertimeThe Murder of Miranda by Margaret Millar
+10 Task (number in original pub date 1979)
+ 5 Before 1998
Task total = 15
Season total = 765
20.2 FavoritesThe Hopkins Manuscript by R.C. Sherriff
FA 20 - 20.5 Wine. “I had six bottles of champagne, and one was opened with great ceremony upon each Sunday evening.�
20 pts 20.2 Favorites
5 pts Pre 1998
Task total: 25 pts
Season total: 655 pts
Round 3
Post 729 Winter 14/15 20.8
Post 782. FA 20 - 20.5
15.4 Listopia Round 2The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert Macfarlane
#4 on previous list - /list/show/2...
#6 on next list - /list/show/3...
Task Total - 15 pts
20 Point Tasks, Round 3, All One Task20.5 Winter 2013/14 20.5 - Disturbing: In honor of Last Exit To Brooklyn, read a book shelved at least five times as "disturbing" .
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Shelved as disturbing 21 times
+20 task
Post Total = 20
Season Total =1210
10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2) ; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x3); 20.2 (x3); 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6 (x2); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x2)
+20 task
20 Point Tasks, Round 3, All One Task20.6 Winter 2013/14 20.5 - Disturbing: In honor of Last Exit To Brooklyn, read a book shelved at least five times as "disturbing" .
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Shelved as disturbing 5 times
+20 task
+5 Before 1998 (1951)
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 1235
10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3 (x2); 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2) ; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8 (x2); 10.9 (x2); 10.10 (x2);
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4;
20.1 (x3); 20.2 (x3); 20.3 (x3); 20.4 (x3); 20.5 (x3); 20.6 (x3); 20.7 (x2); 20.8 (x2); 20.9 (x2); 20.10 (x2)
20.1 Favorites - 3d RoundFoxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
FA 22 - 20.1 Jemison - main character is a person of color
+20 Task
Task total: 20
Grand total: 970
15.5 Listopia Round 2Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington
#22 on previous list - /topic/show/...
#56 on next list - /list/show/1...
Task Total - 20 pts
10.7 Original pub. DateThe Rose Rent by Ellis Peters
pub. 1986
10 task
5 oldie
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15
Running total: 1045
15.8 Listopia Chain 2Blankets by Craig Thompson
#10 on previous list: /list/show/210
#10 here: /list/show/8...
30 task
_____
30
Running total: 1075
20.1 Favorites, round 2Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
+20 Task FA '20 20.9 Initiated: Read one of the top 350 books from the list of Most Begun but Unfinished (Initiated) Books (it's #81.)
+5 before 1998 (1811)
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 325 + 25 = 350
20.1 Favorites, "They Read" (FA11 20.5, Read a book that has multiple narrators, a narrative mode in which parts of the story are told from the points of view of different characters)Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Task total: 20
Season total: 1455
20.2 Favorites, "Theodore H. White" (SP20, Read a book by an author who shares a surname with one of the U.S. Presidents)The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Kip Wilson
+20 Task, Woodrow Wilson
Task total: 20
Season total: 1475
20.3 Favorites, "Ratings" (WI22/23, In memory of Ron Goulart and Robert Goolrick, read an extremely underrated book with fewer than 1000 ratings on GoodReads, or a popular book with over 75,000 ratings)The Complete Book of Aspen by Danna Smith
+20 Task, 9 ratings
Task total: 20
Season total: 1495
20.4 Favorites, "Othello" (SP14, In honor of Othello, read a book where the narrator or protagonist is a member of a minority ethnic/racial group of the country in which the book is set. If a work has multiple protagonists all must qualify)Walking Gentry Home: A Memoir of My Foremothers in Verse by Alora Young
Task total: 20
Season total: 1515
20.5 Favorites, "In Honor of Winter Trees" [WI12/13 20.4, Read a book whose author was born during Sylvia Plath's lifetime (1932-1963)]How to Fly in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons by Barbara Kingsolver
+20 Task, born 1955
Task total: 20
Season total: 1535
20.3 FavoritesHeartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw
20 pts 20.3 Favorites � Also available on DVD is the 1977 BBC Play of the Month version directed by Cedric Messina, with John Gielgud as Shotover, Lesley-Anne Down as Ellie and Siân Phillips as Hesione.[13].�
Spring 2013 20.2 - In honor of Sense and Sensibility, read a book that was made into a TV series or
movie by BBC. Please provide a link when posting this task
5 pts Pre 1998
Task total: 25 pts
Season total: 680pts
Round 3
Post 729 Winter 14/15 20.8
Post 782. FA 20 - 20.5
Post 797 Spring 2013 20.2
15.9 Listopia ChainWhen I Lived in Modern Times by Linda Grant
+30 Task: #8 on previous list:Orange Prize for Fiction Longlist 2000
/list/show/7...
#45 on current list: The Encore Award
/list/show/8...
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 620
10.1 Summertime IIA Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
+10 Task: Number of letters in author's first or last name (7 in either one)
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 630
10.5 Summertime IIBig Sky by Kate Atkinson
+10 Task: Number of letters in setting, city/state/country (Setting is at least 51%): (England: 7)
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 640
20.8(NOTE- Maybe I missed something...but I think my readerboard total should have been 155 before this post...but it indicates 135)
Spring 2023
20.10 Uncommon Letter (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
In honor of Quirke, read any book where the name of a major character - main or supporting - has a Q, X, or Z.
-Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George- The title character's real Inuit name is "Miyax"
Task = 20
pre 1998=5 (1972)
Task Total=25
Grand Total= 180
Seasons used: 1. Fall 2012; 2. Winter 2020-21.; 3. Winter 2011-12; 4. Spring 2021; 5. Fall 2016; 6. Winter 22-23; 7. Winter 19-20; Spring 2023
20.9Fall 2022
20.1 Jemisin
Read any book whose main character is a person of color.
The Forgotten Village - John Steinbeck by John Steinbeck
ALL the characters are Mexicans in a small village.
Task = 20
pre 1998=5 (1941)
Task Total=25
Grand Total= 205
Seasons used: 1. Fall 2012; 2. Winter 2020-21.; 3. Winter 2011-12; 4. Spring 2021; 5. Fall 2016; 6. Winter 22-23; 7. Winter 19-20; Spring 2023; Fall 2022
Post 444 Ed wrote: "20.3- Winter 2011-1210.5- Read a book that has fewer than 1,000 ratings on goodreads.
Word Play by Maxwell Nurnberg
no ratings at all.; pub. 1971
Task = 20
pre-1..."
Ed, your scoring difference leads to this post. This is not a book for ŷ.
20.10WI 21-22
20.8 Dead Sea (Ed's Task)
Read a book in which the author's first and last initial can be found in "KHIRBAT QUMRAN".
Octopussy and The Living Daylights by Ian Fleming-7/24/23
"Ian" found in khIrAt qumraN"
Task = 20
pre 1998=5 (1966)
Task Total=25t
Bonus =100 (10 tasks from 10 different seasons)
Grand Total= 330
Seasons used: 1. Fall 2012; 2. Winter 2020-21.; 3. Winter 2011-12; 4. Spring 2021; 5. Fall 2016; 6. Winter 22-23; 7. Winter 19-20; Spring 2023; Fall 2022; Winter 21-22
10.6 SummertimeOne by One They Disappeared by Moray Dalton
+10 Task (year in author birth - 1881)
+ 5 Before 1998 (1928)
Task total = 15
Season total = 780
And that's it for me this summer!
oops...just realized I messed up my own task in Post 804.... please disregard...I'll amend in a new post.
15.9 Listopia Chain 2The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore
#27 on previous list: /list/show/8...
#1 here: /list/show/3244
30 task
_____
30
Running total: 1105
15.10 Listopia Chain 2Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman by E.W. Hornung
#12 on previous list: /list/show/3244
40 task
100 finish bonus
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140
Running total: 1245
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+10 Task (6/7 letters in author name)
+5 Before 1998 (1983)
Task total = 15
Season total = 750