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

Anika’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

15.4 Olympic Scavenger

The Cloisters by Katy Hays

Option B: dive or diving

"I waded out into the lake, its rocky shoreline pricking at my feet every few steps until I was far enough to dive under."

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 70

10.7 Decathlon, Discus Throw

The Daring Girls of Guernsey by Gayle Callen

+10 Task, Daring

Task total: 10
Season total: 55

15.3 Olympic Scavenger

Circe by Madeline Miller

Option A: sailing
Circe lives on Aeaea, an island, so everyone who visits her comes by boat. At one point, she herself sails to Minos to assist her sister in birthing the Minotaur.

Task total: 15
Season total: 45

15.2 Olympic Scavenger

A Most Beautiful Thing by Arshay Cooper

Option A: rowing
From the Goodreads blurb: "The moving true story of a group of young men growing up on Chicago's West side who form the first all-black high school rowing team in the nation, and in doing so not only transform a sport, but their lives." If you're a fan of uplifting memoir, this one def fits the bill...quite enjoyed it.

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 30

15.1 Olympic Scavenger

The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell

Option B: volleyball
"By the end of the week, my diary looks something like this:
Monday: Volleyball followed by handball with fellow expat American Mom."

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 15

15.7 HDYGG?

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

winterINgthepOwerofrestANDrEtreatinDifficuLttimes = DANDELION

England = ENDIVE
Great Britain = GARLIC

+15 Task, 3 Plants
+5 Flower Bonus

Task total: 20, 43 Plants
Season total: 1470

15.6 HDYGG?

The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall

ThEbookofhopeASuRvivalguidefortryingtimes = ASTER
theBOokofhopEasurvivAlGuidefortryINgtimes = BEGONIA
thebookofhopeasurvivalguidefORtryingtimES = ROSE
theboOkofhopeasurVIvaLguidEforTryingtimes = VIOLET

+15 Task, 4 Plants

Task total: 15, 40
Season total: 1450

Congrats on your HDYGG finish, Tien!
Have some adjustments to your totals...
15.1 4 Plants
15.2 6 Plants
15.3 You can also claim MUNG BEANS (Manhattan) +1, 6 Plants
15.4 3 Plants
15.5 5 Plants
15.6 You can also claim PARSLEY (176 pages, "7"), 3 Plants
15.7 2 Plants
15.8 2 Plants
15.9 2 Plants
15.10 You can also claim WATERCRESS (Westminster), +1, 2 Plants

Takes your total plants to 35, give yourself the +100 Bonus rather than +50 :-)

Rosemary wrote: "Rosemary wrote: "The book I have planned is Alice, which I picked up on a whim. Not sure how that will turn out because it's not my usual genre at all, but let's see!"

So, 50 pages..."

I hope that if you do read Moriarty that you'll write a review--I've had that on my TBR for an age, curious if I need to move it up!

15.5 HDYGG? Round 2

A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18 by Joseph Loconte

MPE 201
0 = PEPPERMINT

AhoBbITawardrobEandagreatwarhowjrrtoLkienandcSlewisrediscoveredfaithfriendshipandheroisminthecataclysmof = ASTILBE
ahObBitAwaRdrobeandaGrEatwarhowjrrtolkienandcslewisrediscoveredfaithfriendshipandheroisminthecataclysmof = BORAGE
ahobbitawArdrobeandagreaTwarhowjrrtolkienandCslewisrediscoveredfaithfriendshipandheroisMINThecataclysmof = CATMINT
ahobbitawardrobeAndagreatwarhowjrrTolkIenandcsLEwisrediSCoveredfaithfriendshipandheroisminthecataclysMof = CLEMATIS*
ahobbitawarDrObeanDagreAtwarhowjrrtolkienandcslewisredIscoveredFaithFriendshipandheroisminthecatacLysmof = DAFFODIL*
ahobbitawardrobeandagreatwArhowjrrtolkienandcslewIsreDiscoveredfaithfriendshipandheroiSminthecataclYsmof = DAISY
ahobbitawardrobeandagreatwarhowjrrtolkienandcslewisrediscoveredfaithfriendshIpandheRoIsminthecataclySmof = IRIS
ahobbitaWardrobeandagreatwarhowjrrtolkienandcslewisrediscoverEdfaithfriEndShiPAndheroisminthEcaTaclysmof = SWEET PEA*

+15 Task, 9 Plants
+15 Flower Bonus

Task total: 30
Season total: 1435

15.4 HDYGG? Round 2

Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life by Eric Klinenberg

MPE 288
8 = ROSEMARY

palacesforthepeoplehowsocialinfrastructurecanhelpfightinequalitypolarIZAtIoNaNdthedeclineofciviclife = ZINNIA
palacesforthepeoplehoWsOcialinfraStructUREcaNheLpFightinequalitypolarizationandthedeclineofciviclife = SUNFLOWER
PAlAceSfORthepeoplehowsocialinfrastructurecanhelpfiGhtiNequalitypolarizationanDthedecliNeofciviclife = SNAPDRAGON
palacesforthePeOPlehowsocialinfrastructurecanhelpfightinequalitYPolarizationandthedeclineofciviclife = POPPY
palacesforthepeoplehowSocialinfrastructurecanhelpfightineqUalitypOlaRizationandthedeclineofCiviClife = CROCUS
palacesforthepeoplehowsocialiNfrastrUcturecanhelPfightinequalitypolarizationandthedeclineofcivicLIfE = LUPINE
paLaCesforthepeoplehowsocialinfRastructurecanhelpfightinequalitypolarizationandthedeclinEOfciViclife = CLOVER

+15, 8 Plants
+10 Flower Bonus

Task total: 25, 27 Plants
Season total: 1405

Heather wrote: "Are we including the surrounding islands and countries or are we restricting it to just Australia itself? In other words, are we including New Zealand and Papua New Guinea or no? I only ask because..."

The only reason we're using the combined countries of the USSR is because it was the USSR (not "Russia") who hosted the Summer Olympics in 1980. Since Australia was the host (in 1956 and 2000) and not "Oceania," we will only accept authors born in or citizens of Australia.

Deedee wrote: "Maybe ... Agent Running in the Field? The goodreads description says: Nat is not only a spy, he is a passionate badminton player. His regular Monday evening opponent is half his age..."

As long as there is even a sentence that describes them playing badminton, it'd count! The sport doesn't have to be a main feature of the book, it just has to happen somewhere in the text...

While scouring my TBR, I ran across this one: A Most Beautiful Thing by Arshay Cooper

15.3 HDYGG? Round 2

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

MPE 254 pages
5 = THYME
4 = DILL

Oakland = ONION
North America = NAPA CABBAGE

smokEGetsINyoUReyesotherlessonsfromthecreMAtory = GERANIUM
SMOkegetSinyoureyesotherlessonsfromtheCrematOry = COSMOS

+15 Task, 6 Plants
+5 Flower Bonus

Task total: 20, 19 Plants
Season total: 1385

15.2 HDYGG? Round 2

Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American by Wajahat Ali

MPE 272 pages
2 = LEMON VERBENA
7 = PARSLEY

Fremont = FENNEL
California = CUCUMBER

GObacktowheReyoucAMefromanDotherhelpfuLrecommendatIonsonhowtobecomeamerican = MARIGOLD
gobacktOWhErEyoucameFRomaNdotherheLpfulreCOmmendationsonhowtobecomeamerican = CONEFLOWER
gobacktowhereyoUcamefromandoTheRhelpfUlrecoMmendaTionSonhowtobecomeamerIcAN = NASTURTIUM
gobacktowhereyoucamefromandotherhelpfulrecommendatioNsoNhowtobEcOMEAmerican = ANEMONE

+15 Task, 8 Plants
+15 Flower Bonus

Task total: 30, 13 Plants
Season total: 1365

15.1 HDYGG? Round 2

You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World by Ada Limon

MPE 176 pages
1 = HORSERADISH
6 = CHIVES

YouareherePOEtryintheNaturalworld = PEONY
youAReherepoetRYinthenaturalWOrld = YARROW
youareherepoetryIntHenAturAlworLD = DAHLIA

+15 Task, 5 Plants

Task total: 15, 5 Plants
Season total: 1335

Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race by Lara Prior-Palmer

The Foretelling by Alice Hoffman (i LOVED this and it’s a super quick read)

Nala's World: One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride around the Globe by Dean Nicholson

The Dive from Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer (i loved this one…still think about it even though i read it several years ago)

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See