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

Anika’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

15.5 Scrabble

The September House by Carissa Orlando

+15 Task, T6--No "t" in author's name

Task total: 15
Season total: 455

20.1 Back to School

Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

+20 Task, "She has taught in the Creative Writing programs of NYU, The New School, and Institute for American Indian Arts. She currently teaches in the Creative Writing Department at Yale University."
+10 Young, b. 1977 (from an instagram post she wrote: "Today’s my birthday~ happy to know you, happy to be here, since 1977"
+15 Combo: 10.5, "Bertino"=7 letters; 10.6, "A pantyhose run peeks out from her short skirt, a line of gold under the office lights."; 20.3, Ar (argon) He (helium) Ne (neon) B (boron)

Task total: 45
Season total: 440

Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "10.8 Crime Writers Festival
A Caribbean Mysteryby Agatha Christie
Crime in the MPG
Book total: 10
Grand total 200"

This book won't work for 10.8 since it has to be a new-to-you mystery writer and it looks like you've got almost 30 Christie books on your "Read" shelf ;-)

Luckily, it could be used for 10.6 ("'Not everyone,' said Dr. Graham dryly, 'is so considerate as to use arsenic"), 20.3, or 20.8.
Let us know where you'd like to claim it!

15.4 Scrabble

The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry

+15, B1: any bird name in title

Task total: 15
Season total: 395

15.3 Scrabble

The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

+15, U1, pub'd in '10s of any century: pub. 2019

Task total: 15
Season total: 380

20.9 haLLowEEn

The Village Healer’s Book of Cures by Jennifer Sherman Roberts

+20 Task, viLLage bOOk
+25 Combo: 10.5: "Roberts"=7 letters; 10.6, "...they labored to understand the laws governing matter itself, the chemical properties of the lead and the salts and iron they handled"; 20.1, from her LinkedIn page: "Adjunct Instructor at Southern Oregon University from Jan 2019-June 2020"; 20.3: Ni (nickel) Fe (iron) O (oxygen) Be (beryllium); 20.4, every chapter opens with a different recipe, complete with amounts and preparation directions

Task total: 45
Season total: 365

20.3 Chemistry

Fallen by Karin Slaughter

+20 Task, K (potassium), Ar (Argon), In (indium), Au (gold)
+10 Combo: 10.6, "...gold wall-to-wall shag carpet was flattened to the floor"; 20.8, b. 1971
+20 Series (10.4, 10.6, and 20.8 previously claimed in this series)

Task total: 50
Season total: 320

20.5 Speech and Debate

The Magician’s Daughter by H.G. Parry

+20 Task: the entire plot revolves around magic and the mages who wield it
+15 Combo: 10.6, "Rowan was turning the silver amulet over in his fingers, lost in thought"; 20.1, from her Goodreads bio "She holds a PhD in English Literature from Victoria University of Wellington, and teaches English, Film, and Media Studies"; 20.10, T-M-D

Task total: 35
Season total: 270

15.2 Scrabble

How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley

+15 Task, I2: Inbetween, authors age 51-74--Pooley is 54

Task total: 15
Season total: 235

Mary wrote: "Will subtitles count? EE needlework and LL Williams

AN UNBROKEN THREAD: Celebrating 150 Years of the Royal School of Needlework by Susan Kay-Williams"

You betcha that works 🤗

10.6 Elementary My Dear Reader

Broken by Karin Slaughter

+10 Task, "Right, it forms a chlorine gas."
+15 Series
+10 Combo: 20.3, K (potassium) Ar (argon) In (indium) Au (gold); 20.8, b. 1971

Task total: 35
Season total: 220

10.7 Helicopter Season

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

+10 Task, here = HElicoptER
+5 Combo: 20.3, Li (lithium) Ne (neon) O (oxygen) Ar (argon)
+5 Jumbo, 512 pages

Task total: 20
Season total: 185

10.5 Lucky 7s

The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult

+10 Task: 7-letter last name
+5 Combo: 10.6, "When Howard Carter found the mummy of Tutankhamen and attempted to lift it out, he didn't realize the innermost coffin was solid gold and the entire operation nearly collapsed."

Task total: 15
Season total: 165

20.8 Fall Authors

Undone by Karin Slaughter

+20 Task, b. 1971
+5 Combo: 20.3, K (potassium) Ar (argon) In (Indium) Au (gold)
+10 Series

Task total: 35
Season total: 150

20.4 Home Economics

Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev

+20 Task, recipe for churros is given step by step (with measurements)
+10 Combo: 10.6, "His arms fell like lead to his sides; 10.7, "recipe" = hElICoPtER
+5 Series

Task total: 35
Season total: 115

10.4 Significant Year

Fractured by Karin Slaughter

+10 Task, pub. 2008, I bought my first house
+10 Combo: 20.3, K (potassium) Ar (argon) In (Indium) Au (gold); 20.8, b. 1971
+5 Series

Task total: 25
Season total: 80

Deedee wrote: "For

O5
- Author surname is an occupation
the website https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor... lists:

Tayler
List of people with surname Taylor
Taylor (surname)

I'..."

It's on the Wikipedia list, so it'll work for the task :-)

Owlette wrote: "Can 10.1 be claimed as a combo if I post two short works that total at least 100 pages for a 20-point task?"

From the Reading with Style FAQ: "A lot of books of poetry have fewer than 100 pages. Would it be okay to read two books by the same author for the task?
Yes, two books of poetry, written by the same author, can be read in order to meet the page requirement. This is the only exception to the page minimum."

So, if you're reading two books of poetry by the same author and the total pages are under 150 and you're claiming it for a different task, then absolutely you can claim 10.1 for combo points! Just make sure that both volumes that you're reading would fit the task you're claiming (ex.: if claiming for 20.2, both titles would have to contain a single word, a three-letter word, and a four-letter word).

However, the only way you can claim *any* two works by the same author (ex.: two short stories by Twain in the earlier question in this thread) would be in 10.1.

Hope that sufficiently answers your question! If not, feel free to ask further clarifying questions :-)

Kathleen (itpdx) wrote: "For the blank tiles, we can read any book that otherwise qualifies (at least 100 pages, not low Lexile, etc.) we will get 15 points for posting. We can then use that tile for any letter but it won’..."

That is all correct 👍

20.10 Zalphabetical

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

+20 Task, T-L-I
+10 Combo: 10.6, iron "I didn't know that iron is a particularly receptive material for telekinetic powers."; 20.5, when Grace moves to Ibiza, she gains the ability to read minds, telekinesis, and more magic than she knows what to do with.
+10 Young, b. 1975

Task total: 40
Season total: 55