Anika’s Comments (group member since Dec 25, 2011)

Anika’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Mary wrote: "Mary wrote: "Falklands (Malvinas)

Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin"

Read 30 August 2025"

Excellent! So excited to see the country spreadsheet turning green!

15.49 SU19 Ratings Game

Read 10 books by 10 different authors based on the number of ratings on GoodReads. Your books will be chosen using the following breakdown of ratings:

250,000 or more ratings
100,000 - 249,999
75,000 - 99,999
25,000 - 74,999
15,000 - 24,999
10,000 - 14,999
5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
fewer than 250

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore 321,757

+15 Task
+5 Old, pub. 1990

Task total: 20
Season total: 1330

15.56 WI 15/16 Book Dominoes

Read 10 books by ten different authors using one of the following criteria to link each consecutive book:

decade of the author's birth: 1
decade of the author's death
author's first name: 1
author's last name
author's place of birth OR citizenship/residency: 1
decade of original publication: 1
word in title (4 letters or more)-using the Most Popular English Print edition: 1

Each connection type can be used a maximum of two times.

Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman
connection: same first name (Alice Oseman => Alice Hoffman)

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1310

15.48 SU19 Ratings Game

Read 10 books by 10 different authors based on the number of ratings on GoodReads. Your books will be chosen using the following breakdown of ratings:

250,000 or more ratings
100,000 - 249,999
75,000 - 99,999
25,000 - 74,999
15,000 - 24,999
10,000 - 14,999
5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
fewer than 250

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire, 11,793

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1295

15.55 WI 15/16 Book Dominoes

Read 10 books by ten different authors using one of the following criteria to link each consecutive book:

decade of the author's birth: 1
decade of the author's death
author's first name
author's last name
author's place of birth OR citizenship/residency: 1
decade of original publication: 1
word in title (4 letters or more)-using the Most Popular English Print edition: 1

Each connection type can be used a maximum of two times.

Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman
connection: both authors born in 1993

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1280

15.54 WI 15/16 Book Dominoes

Read 10 books by ten different authors using one of the following criteria to link each consecutive book:

decade of the author's birth
decade of the author's death
author's first name
author's last name
author's place of birth OR citizenship/residency: 1
decade of original publication: 1
word in title (4 letters or more)-using the Most Popular English Print edition: 1

Each connection type can be used a maximum of two times.

Siúil, a Rún: The Girl From the Other Side, Vol. 1 by Nagabe
connection: both authors born in/citizens of Japan (previous author, Miki Yamamoto)

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1265

15.53 WI 15/16 Book Dominoes

Read 10 books by ten different authors using one of the following criteria to link each consecutive book:

decade of the author's birth
decade of the author's death
author's first name
author's last name
author's place of birth OR citizenship/residency
decade of original publication: 1
word in title (4 letters or more)-using the Most Popular English Print edition: 1

Each connection type can be used a maximum of two times.

A Smart and Courageous Child by Miki Yamamoto
connection: both books first published in the 2020s (this one was 2024, previous was 2020)

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1250

15.52 WI 15/16 Book Dominoes

Read 10 books by ten different authors using one of the following criteria to link each consecutive book:

decade of the author's birth
decade of the author's death
author's first name
author's last name
author's place of birth OR citizenship/residency
decade of original publication
word in title (4 letters or more)-using the Most Popular English Print edition: 1

Each connection type can be used a maximum of two times.

The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki
connection: "Shop" in both titles (previous title: Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop)

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1235

15.47 SU19 Ratings Game

Read 10 books by 10 different authors based on the number of ratings on GoodReads. Your books will be chosen using the following breakdown of ratings:

250,000 or more ratings
100,000 - 249,999
75,000 - 99,999
25,000 - 74,999
15,000 - 24,999
10,000 - 14,999
5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
fewer than 250

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides, 16,316

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1220

15.51 WI 15/16 Book Dominoes

Read 10 books by ten different authors using one of the following criteria to link each consecutive book:

decade of the author's birth
decade of the author's death
author's first name
author's last name
author's place of birth OR citizenship/residency
decade of original publication
word in title (4 letters or more)-using the Most Popular English Print edition
Each connection type can be used a maximum of two times.

Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop by Rebecca Raisin, pub. 2019

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1205

15.46 SU19 Ratings Game

Read 10 books by 10 different authors based on the number of ratings on GoodReads. Your books will be chosen using the following breakdown of ratings:

250,000 or more ratings
100,000 - 249,999
75,000 - 99,999
25,000 - 74,999
15,000 - 24,999
10,000 - 14,999
5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
fewer than 250

The Change by Kirsten Miller, 57,892 ratings

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1190

Elizabeth! you are on a roll, lady! Got everything posted/updated (finally) :-)
Go, team!!

15.45 SU19 Ratings Game

Read 10 books by 10 different authors based on the number of ratings on GoodReads. Your books will be chosen using the following breakdown of ratings:

250,000 or more ratings
100,000 - 249,999
75,000 - 99,999
25,000 - 74,999
15,000 - 24,999
10,000 - 14,999
5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
fewer than 250

Ghosts of Ogden, Brigham City and Logan by Jennifer Jones, 32 ratings

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1175

15.44 SU19 Ratings Game

Read 10 books by 10 different authors based on the number of ratings on GoodReads. Your books will be chosen using the following breakdown of ratings:

250,000 or more ratings
100,000 - 249,999
75,000 - 99,999
25,000 - 74,999
15,000 - 24,999
10,000 - 14,999
5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
fewer than 250 ratings

As You Like It by William Shakespeare, 87,530

+15 Task
+5 Old

Task total: 20
Season total: 1160

15.43 SU19 Ratings Game

Read 10 books by 10 different authors based on the number of ratings on GoodReads. Your books will be chosen using the following breakdown of ratings:

250,000 or more ratings
100,000 - 249,999
75,000 - 99,999
25,000 - 74,999
15,000 - 24,999
10,000 - 14,999
5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
fewer than 250 ratings

Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy, 8,959 ratings

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 1140

15.30 WI23/24 Ticket to Ride, Duluth => Sault St Marie => Toronto => Pittsburgh => Nashville => Little Rock => Oklahoma City => Kansas City => Omaha => Chicago

The Favor by Adele Griffin

+15 Task, chicAGo

Task total: 15
+150 Fourth Finish Bonus
Season total: 1125

Nick wrote: "Summer 2025, Post 515:

15.21 SP 24 How Does Your Garden Grow

I am not going to be able to complete another subchallenge, but I am starting this one to help out with the Countries of the World gam..."

Well done, you! I’ve had a heck of a time trying to find a book to fit Marshall Islands…so glad you got us one step closer!

15.42 SU19 Ratings Game

Read 10 books by 10 different authors based on the number of ratings on GoodReads. Your books will be chosen using the following breakdown of ratings:

250,000 or more ratings
100,000 - 249,999
75,000 - 99,999
25,000 - 74,999
15,000 - 24,999
10,000 - 14,999
5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
fewer than 250 ratings

A Town with Half the Lights On by Page Getz, 653 ratings

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 960

15.41 SU19 Ratings Game

Read 10 books by 10 different authors based on the number of ratings on GoodReads. Your books will be chosen using the following breakdown of ratings:

250,000 or more ratings
100,000 - 249,999
75,000 - 99,999
25,000 - 74,999
15,000 - 24,999
10,000 - 14,999
5,000 - 9,999
1,000 - 4,999
250 - 999
fewer than 250 ratings

People Change by Vivek Shraya, 1,647 ratings

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 945

15.40 SP20 Blackjack

To make a "hand" combine two to five cards so that the sum for any book totals 17, 18, 19, 20, or 21. Careful! You can use a card only once.

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

5 of hearts: set at least 75% in a U.S. state: NEW YORK 100%
6 of hearts: “x” in the title: “boXfish”
J of clubs: “j” or “k” in title: “taKes” =
21 point hand

+15 Task

Task total: 15
+150 Third finish bonus
Season total: 930