Reading with Style discussion

Christmas in Vegas 10th Anniversary! (CiV10)

The original Christmas in Vegas is returning for its 10th Anniversary!

Read 10 books where each book fits one each from the wheels of the slot machine: Author's Last Initial, Page Count, Publication Dates. See this spreadsheet for your ranges: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... (Ranges also listed below behind spoiler alert).

You may use an item from each column only one time and there are only 10 choices for each. This is will require the ultimate in your planning prowess, for which you will be amply rewarded!

To get a pay off, read a book that uses one item from each wheel. For example, Case Histories by Kate Atkinson fits A-B, 381-420/781-820 pages, and 1993-2007. Once you have used one of the choices on each wheel, they are no longer available to use for your remaining reads. The challenge is with the progressive removal of items from their wheels; the initial combinations are easy, but further combinations are increasingly difficult.

Of course, as the stakes get higher, so do the point rewards:
15.1 – 1st book claimed – 15 points
15.2 – 2nd book claimed – 20 points
15.3 – 3rd book claimed – 25 points
15.4 – 4th book claimed – 30 points
15.5 – 5th book claimed – 35 points
15.6 – 6th book claimed – 45 points
15.7 – 7th book claimed – 55 points
15.8 – 8th book claimed – 65 points
15.9 – 9th book claimed – 75 points
15.10 – 10th book claimed – 85 points

Hit the jackpot: completion of all 10 tasks is worth 100 points.

Plan your choices carefully; this sub-challenge can only be played once!

A few reminders:

I. You cannot claim regular style points for any book you read for Christmas in Vegas (nor do the Christmas in Vegas tasks count as Combo style points for regular Reading with Style tasks).

II. All books read for this sub-challenge must be at least 100 pages, based on the most popular English-language print edition (MPE).

III. Please be aware that cookbooks, illustrated guides, and graphic novels are not allowed for the sub-challenge. Also, books designated as "YA", "Assignment", or "Juv" by the Brooklyn Public Library with a Lexile score less than 800.

Ranges for the three wheels are under this spoiler tag.

(view spoiler)[Author's Last Initial:
A-B
C-D
E-F
G-H
I-J-K
L-M
N-O
P-Q-R
S-T-U
V-W-X-Y-Z

Page Length:

101-140/501-540
141-180/541-580
181-220/581-620
221-260/621-660
261-300/661-700
301-340/701-740
341-380/741-780
381-420/781-820
421-460/821-860
461-500/861-900

Publication Dates:

1873-1887
1888-1902
1903-1917
1918-1932
1933-1947
1948-1962
1963-1977
1978-1992
1993-2007
2008-2022 (hide spoiler)]