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

Anika’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

20.5 Wheels

Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie

+20 Task
+10 Aged
+15 Combo: 20.4, 20.9, 20.10

Task total: 45
Season total: 1620

Thank you, Elizabeth! I appreciate your research and decision for this one—I’m struggling to find something to read before next season starts and just came across this one and had my fingers crossed that it’d work :-)

Would Lord Edgware Dies work or is "Edgware" considered part of a title and not a surname? British nobility/naming customs leave me flummoxed...

10.4 Vocation

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron

+10 Task
+10 Aged (b. 1947)
+5 Combo: 10.6, watch = THe CAt Who

Task total: 25
Season total: 1575

20.8 Dead Sea

The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide

+20 Task
+10 LiT
+5 Combo: 10.2, 140 pages

Task total: 35
Season total: 1550

20.9 Madame Bovary

Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes by Maurice Leblanc

+20 Task
+10 LiT
+10 Aged (1864-1941)
+15 Combo: 10.6, hour = veRsUs HerlOck; 10.7, mystery and cultural; 20.2, pub. 1908, 4070 ratings

Task total: 55
Season total: 1515

Congrats, Elizabeth and Tien, on huge MegaFinishes!
And thank you for the congrats, Elizabeth and Valerie :-)

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Anika wrote: "While looking over possible countries to read, I remembered I’d read a book set in Mongolia that I claimed back in 2020 (for task 30.1) that wasn’t recorded on the spreadsheet ([book:..."

No worries! I’m just excited at the prospect of getting another country turned green! :-)

While looking over possible countries to read, I remembered I’d read a book set in Mongolia that I claimed back in 2020 (for task 30.1) that wasn’t recorded on the spreadsheet (Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race) hopefully that will help us turn it green with the help of this next season :-D

15.10 CiV10

Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger, 302 pages, pub 1953

S-T-U/301-340, 701-740/1948-1962

+85 Task

Task total: 85
+100 Finisher Bonus
+200 MegaFinish
Season total: 1460

(I *think* this is my correct total, after adding in missed points that Kate found for me)

20.9 Madame Bovary

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief by Maurice Leblanc

+20 Task
+10 LiT
+10 Aged, 1864-1941= 77
+15 Combo: 10.6, time = gEntleMan ThIef; 10.7, mystery and cultural; 20.4

Task total: 55
Season total: 1050

10.5 Zane

Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck

+10 Task
+5 Combo: 10.6: watch = WiTh CHArley

Task total: 15
RwS Finish: 100
Season total: 995

15.9 CiV10

Swann's Way by Marcel Proust, 444 pages, pub 1913

P-Q-R/421-460, 821-860/1903-1917

+75 Task

Task total: 75
Season total: 880

10.10 Group Reads

Bewilderment by Richard Powers

+10 Task
+10 Combo: 10.6, time = bEwIlderMenT; 10.8

Task total: 20
Season total: 805

15.8 CiV10

Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott, pub. 1878, 191 pages

A-B/181-220, 581-620/1873-1887

+65 Task

Task total: 65
Season total: 780

20.7 John Adams

Persuasion by Jane Austen

+20 Task, pub. 1817
+10 Canon
+10 Combo: 10.8, 20.5

Task total: 40
Season total: 715

15.7 CiV10

Misery by Stephen King, first pub. 1987, 370 pages

I-J-K/341-380, 781-820/1978-1992

+55 Task

Task total: 55
Season total: 675

20.9 Madame Bovary

Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie

+20 Task
+20 Combo: 10.6--time = hErcule chrIsTMas; 20.4; 20.5; 20.10

Task total: 40
Season total: 620

10.9 Discovery

Quilting Is My Therapy: Behind the Stitches with Angela Walters by Angela Walters

+10 Task
+10 Combo: 10.2--144 pages; 10.6--time = Is My ThErapy

Task total: 20
Season total: 580

15.6 CiV10

Black Swan Green by David Mitchell, pub 2006, 296 pages

L-M/261-300, 661-700/1993-2007

+40 Task

Task total: 40
Season total: 560

15.5 CiV10

The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles, pub 1969, 470 pages

E-F/461-500, 861-900/1963-1977

+35 Task

Task total: 35
Season total: 520