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30.1 Go for the GreenThe City Where Dreams Come True by Gulsifat Shakhidi
Set +90% in Tajikistan
+30 Task
+30 Unvisited country
Task total: 60
Season total: 60
1/1 Owned before 6/1 (Kindle)
it’s a good thing this was short—don’t know if it was bad writing or bad translation but it was not great...i couldn’t sleep to save my life last night and kept picking it up in hopes of it putting me to sleep but it annoyed me too much to have any somnolent effect :-/ (also, to clarify, i didn’t start it until after midnight because i already have a carryover book—this isn’t my carryover. just don’t want to give the impression of cheating when i post the carryover. i’m overthinking this. don’t mind me. got no sleep last night...)
10.5 SuffragettesOverture to Death by Ngaio Marsh
Owned before 1 June
+10 Task (born 1895)
+10 Oldies (1939)
Post total: 20
Season Total: 20
1/1 in books in my possession before June 1st
10.6 PostalThe Sculptor by Scott McCloud
MS
(graphic novel)
10 task
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10
Running total: 10
Had in my possession ~3 months(!) - 1/4 library books
20.10 Over/UnderAt the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life by Fenton Johnson
+20 Task (4.02 avg rating, 96 ratings)
Task total: 20
Season total: 80
2/2 Owned before 6/1 (Hoopla)
*This is my carry-over book. Wasn't planning on finishing today, but it's too hot to work outside!
20.5 RussiaDog Boy by Eva Hornung
100% set in Moscow, Russia
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 20
1/1 in Owned books
30.1 Go for the GreenHope Is Our Only Wing by Rutendo Tavengerwei
100% Zimbabwe (green!)
30 task
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30
Running total: 40
=> If you have a younger teen, I would recommend this book. I really enjoyed it.
1 owned, 1/4 'possession'
20.10 Over/Under (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)Sticks and Stones by Katherine Firkin
avg 4.33 & 18 ratings
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 40
2/2 in Owned Books
10.4 P.D. JamesHope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer
Task=10
Season Total=10
Tasks Completed: 1
10.4 (10)
1/1 in possession <6/1/20
20.10 Over/UnderThe Mountain in My Shoe by Louise Beech
+20 Task
Post total: 20
Season Total: 40
2/2 books in my possession before June 1st
10.2 Author NameWhen We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald
6 letters in author's first name, Andrew
+10 Task
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 50
3/3 in Owned Books
30.1 Go for the GreenGolden Child by Claire Adam
+30 Task, set 100% in Trinidad
+5 Multiple
Task total: 35
Season total: 115
3/3 Owned before 6/1 (Overdrive)
20.2 AsiaSouth of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami
+20 Task (author born in Japan; set 100% in Japan)
+5 Oldies (1992)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 25
1/1 in possession
30.1 Go for the GreenThe Fear Index by Robert Harris
+30 Task, 100% set in Switzerland
Task total: 30
Season total: 30
1/1 Owned
30.1 Go for the greenStill Waters in Niger by Kathleen Hill – set in Niger
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 30
1/1 Owned
10.3 One at a Time, PleaseBrat Farrar by Josephine Tey
10 task
5 oldie
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15
Running total: 55
2 owned, 1/4 'possession'
20.10 Over/UnderTales from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine: Short Stories for Young Adults by Eleanor Sullivan
+20 task
+ 5 oldies (1986 )
Task total=25
Season total=25
(I read this because it had a Celia Fremlin story, but the whole book was pretty disappointing.)
10.1 Pick a Card, Any Card9 Spades - Book published in a year ending in 9
Quantum (Captain Chase #1) by Patricia Cornwell
published 2019
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 60
4/4 in Owned Books
10.10 Group ReadsGhachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag
from Summer 2018
10 task
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10
Running total: 65
Had in my possession since May 31 (borrowed from Hoopla)
2 owned, 2/4 'possession'
10.1 Pick a Card, Any CardUsing the Ace of Diamonds card-
1601: Conversation as it Was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors by Mark Twain
Task=10
Oldie=10 (1880)
Task Total=20
Season Total=30
Tasks Completed: 2
10.1 (20); 10.4 (10)
2/2 in possession <6/1/20
10.4 P.D. JamesSunburn by Laura Lippman
+10 Task ("Mystery" on MPG)
Task total: 10
Season total: 125
4/4 Owned before 6/1 (Overdrive)
30.1 - Go for the GreenNot All Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks by Rebecca Cohen
+30 task - Switzerland
Task total: 30
Grand total: 40
30.1 Go for the GreenThe Tremor of Forgery by Patricia Highsmith
100% Tunisia (green!)
30 task
5 oldie
5 multi
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40
Running total: 105
Had in my possession since May 26 (borrowed from Overdrive)
2 owned, 3/4 'possession'
10.6 PostalLost in Yonkers by Neil Simon
10 pts Postal NS Nova Scotia
5 pts Oldies
1/1 Owned
Task total: 15 pts
Season total: 15 pts
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20.10 Over/underYou can; a collection of brief talks on the most important topic in the world-your success by George Matthew Adams
20 pts Over/Under 34/3.94
10 pts Oldies
Owned
Task total: 30 pts
Season total: 45 pts
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Task 10.6 PostalNote: both "NB" and "NE" will be accepted for Nebraska.
I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections (2010) by Nora Ephron [814.54]
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 00 + 10 = 10
10.3 One at a Time, PleaseGoing Off Script by Jen Wilde
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 70
5/5 in Owned Books
10.2 Author NameLooking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain by António R. Damásio
+10 Task
Post total: 10
Season Total: 50
3/3 books in my possession before June 1st
10.2 Author NameThose Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante
+10 Task
+ 5 Multiple
Post total: 15
Season Total: 65
4/4 books in my possession before June 1st
10.5 SuffragettesThe American Senator by Anthony Trollope
+10 Task (b. 1815)
+10 Oldies (1877)
+ 5 Jumbo (608 pgs)
Task total = 25
1/1 Owned < 6/1
20.10 Over/UnderBlues of a Lifetime: The Autobiography of Cornell Woolrich by Cornell Woolrich
+20 task
+ 5 oldies (1991)
+ 5 multiple
Task total=30
Season total=55
10.1 Pick a Card, Any Card, ♥5 (setting +75% in one of the 50 United States)The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
+10 Task (set 100% in Iowa)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1992)
Task total: 15
Season total: 140
5/5 Owned before 6/1 (Overdrive)
20.6 Latin AmericaGods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia set in Mexico.
Task = +20
Season Total = 50
2/2 Owned
30.1 Go for the GreenThe Disappeared by Kim Echlin
+30 Task, Set 80% in Cambodia
+5 Multiple
Task total: 35
Season total: 175
6/6 Owned before 6/1 (RBdigital)
10.10 Group ReadsGhachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag
10 pts Group Reads
Owned
Task total: 10 pts
Season total: 55 pts
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10.4 PD JamesThe Highway by C.J. Box
10 pts 10.4 PD James
Owned
Task total: 10 pts
Season total: 65 pts
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10.2 Author Name - 7 letters Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
+ 10 points task
+ 5 points Oldie (1967)
15 points task
15 points season total
1/1 owned book
10.2 Author NameThe Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope
Task=10
Oldie=15 (1864)
Jumbo=5 (695p.)
Task Total=30
Season Total=60
Tasks Completed: 3
10.1 (20); 10.2 (30); 10.4 (10)
3/3 in possession <6/1/20
10.4 P.D. JamesMain Page genre of "Mystery" -- The Mysteries by Lisa Tuttle
Task Points: 10
Season Points So Far: 60
3/3 Owned
Task 10.2 Author NameRead any book by an author with a name that is 6, 7, or 8 letters in length (can be first, last, middle or entire name).
Wel ler
Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge (2019) by Sheila Weller [Biography/921]
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 10 + 10 = 20
10.3 One at a Time, PleaseThe Organised Mum Method by Gemma Bray
+10 task
Post total: 10
Season total: 10
Owned books read: 1/1
20.8- Beatrix PotterKane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer
Task- 20
Oldies- 5 - first published in 1979
Jumbo- MMP edition I read has 643 pages- 5
Combo-5 (10.2 )
1/1 owned before June 1
Post total: 35
Season total: 35
10.4 P.D. JamesMain page mystery
One for the Moneyby Janet Evanovich
4,623 users as of 06/6/20
Task+10
Oldies+ 5 published 1994
Grand total: 25
Owned: 2
20.10 Over/UnderNightfall by David Goodis
+20 task
+ 5 oldies (1947)
+ 5 multiple
Task total=30
Season total=85
10.2 Author NameChasing the Shadows (Sentinels of the Galaxy #2) by Maria V. Snyder
author's surname, Snyder, has 6 letters
YA with No Lexile
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 80
6/6 in Owned Books
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10.5 Suffragettes
The Octopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris
+10 Task (born 1870)
+10 Oldies (pub'd 1901)
+ 5 Jumbo (688 pages)
+ 5 Multiple
Task total = 30
Season Total: 375 (assumes mid season with a previous season total of 345. and at least one previous claim for task 10.5)