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

Anika’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

20.10 Favorites, "Initially" (SP13 20.10, Read a book by an author whose given names are usually published as initials only.)

The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon

+20 Task
+100 Bonus, 10 tasks from 10 different seasons (FA18, FA21, SP17, SP20, SP19, SU16, SU18, SU15, SP14, SP13)

Task total: 120
Season total: 425

15.3 Listopia

Nimona by N.D. Stevenson

#1 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

also #1 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

Task total: 15
Season total: 305

20.9 Favorites: "Women in Translation" (SP20 20.9: Read a book written by a woman in a language other than English)

The Easy Life in Kamusari by Shion Miura

+20 Task, she wrote this novel in Japanese

Task total: 20
Season total: 290

10.4 Summertime: 6, 7, 8 letter word in title

Ink and Shadows by Ellery Adams

+10 Task, "Shadows"

Task total: 10
Season total: 270

from post 276:

I'd like to switch this title from 10.4 to

10.8 Summertime: 6, 7, 8 in MPE page count

Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy by Anne Lamott

+10 Task, MPE page count 176

No change to total. Thank you!

10.4 Summertime: 6, 7, 8 letter word in title

Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy by Anne Lamott

+10 Task, "Anyway"

Task total: 10
Season total: 260

20.8 Favorites: "Spring Fling" (SP14 20.8, Read a book with a title which contains a 5 (or more) letter word with only one vowel.)

Optimists Die First by Susin Nielsen

+20 Task, "First"

Task total: 20
Season total: 250

20.7 Favorites: "U.S." (SU16 20.7, Read a book whose author has initials that exactly match US State Abbreviations.)

The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes

+20 Task, AR=Arkansas

Task total: 20
Season total: 230

20.6 Favorites: "Yours, Mine, and Ours" (SP17 20.8, Read a book where a character is taken up by a new author.)

Ophelia by Lisa M. Klein

+20 Task, all of the major characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet are re-imagined in this book

Task total: 20
Season total: 210

10.1 Summertime: 6, 7, or 8 letters in author's first or last name

The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson

Task total: 10
Season total: 190

15.2 Listopia

Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi

#22 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/287

Also, #22 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

Task total: 15
Season total: 180

15.1 Listopia

Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride by Lucy Knisley

#56 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/287

Task total: 15
Season total: 165

20.5 Favorites: "Books in Books" (SU15, 20.10: Read a book that was mentioned in a novel you read for the Spring or Summer 2015 challenges. I read/claimed Station Eleven in Spring 2015)

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

+20 Task, Hamlet mentioned multiple times in Station Eleven

Task total: 20
Season total: 150

20.4 Favorites: "Gemini" (SU18, 20.1: Based on Greco-Roman myth)

Ithaca by Claire North

Task total: 20
Season total: 130

20.3 Favorites: "Myra Breckenridge" (SP19, 20.5: LGBTQ+ protaganist)

This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

+20 Task, Sylv and Autumn are a couple and two of the four POVs

Task total: 20
Season total: 110

10.10 Summertime: Title begins with F, G, H, (ignoring leading articles)

The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson

+10 Task, "Hand"

Task total: 10
Season total: 90

10.5 Summertime: 6, 7, 8 letters in setting location

The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

+10 Task, set 100% in Vermont

Task total: 10
Season total: 80

10.3 Summertime: 6, 7, 8 number of words in subtitle

Glass Town: The Imaginary World of the Brontës by Isabel Greenberg

Task total: 10
Season total: 70

20.2 Favorites, "Ratings" (FA21 20.3, average rating is 4+ stars)

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear, 4.38 average stars

Task total: 20
Season total: 60

10.2 Summertime: 6, 7, or 8 words in title

Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

+10 Task

Task total: 10
Season total: 40