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

Anika’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

10.8 Single Word Title

Agamemnon by Aeschylus

+10 Task
+10 L-i-T
+25 Oldies
+10 Combo (10.1–5* from Karen O; 10.2)

Task total: 55
Season total: 1115

20.7 Island Dreams

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

+20 Task (set 100% in Japan)
+10 Female
+10 L-i-T (translated from Japanese)
+10 Combo (10.1–5* from Peg; 10.9–first pub. 2012)

Task total: 50
Season total: 1060

(If you liked The Fur Person, I have a hunch you’ll love this one)

20.4 Poet’s Non-Poetry

The Fur Person by May Sarton

+20 Task
+10 Female
+5 Oldies (pub. 1957)

Task total: 35
Season total: 1010

20.3 She Writes

After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search by Sarah Perry

+20 Task
+10 Female
+15 Combo (10.2, 10.5, 10.9–pub. 2017)

Task total: 45
Season total: 975

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 506 Anika wrote: "10.5 Debut

A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich

+10 Task
+10 Oldies
+10 L-i-T (originally published in German)
+5 Combo (10.2)

Task ..."

I didn’t even think to click all of the links to that book at BPL—the top listing I clicked had it listed as Non-Fic 909 G so thought I was in the clear.

http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.... I don’t know why the hyperlink won’t work...maybe this link will?

20.3 She Writes

Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

+20 Task
+10 Female
+10 Combo (10.1: 5* from Deedee; 10.9: pub. 2018)

Task total: 40
Season total: 955

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 509 Anika wrote: "10.2 Anniversary

Still I Miss You by Inês Pedrosa

+10 Task
+10 Female
+10 L-i-T (translated from Portuguese)

YAY! And I love love love how you all are keeping an eye out for our project. We'll have another task for our project, but maybe not until summer. "

I get so excited when I can find a book that gets us a step closer to that goal...I so much want to see us complete it! And I'm super-excited at the prospect of a new group task!! Thank you again for all of your time and talent spent with this group...you and Kate are simply amazing!

10.7 Alphabet Soup

The Captain's Verses by Pablo Neruda

+10 Task (C/P)
+10 L-i-T (translated from Spanish)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1952)
+10 Combo (10.1--5* from Robert Teeter and Arturo Munoz; 10.9)

Task total: 35
Season total: 915

15.10 CYOA, B3 (Author born in Dec, Jan, or Feb)

The Rejected Writers' Book Club by Suzanne Kelman

+15 Task (author born Jan 8)

Task total: 15
+100 Completion
+50 All Female Authors
Season total: 880

10.2 Anniversary

Still I Miss You by Inês Pedrosa

+10 Task
+10 Female
+10 L-i-T (translated from Portuguese)

Set in Portugal, which should make that GREEN on our group project spreadsheet :-)

Task total: 30
Season total: 715

10.5 Debut

A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich

+10 Task
+10 Oldies
+10 L-i-T (originally published in German)
+5 Combo (10.2)

Task total: 35
Season total: 685

15.9 CYOA, A1 (4-letter name)

The Music of the Deep by Elizabeth Hall

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season total: 650

20.3 She Writes

Sacred Heart by Liz Suburbia
graphic novel, so no styles

+20 Task

Task total: 20
Season total: 635

20.1 Decade

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

+20 Task
+10 Female
+20 Combo (10.1--5* from Linda, Sara Grace, and several more; 10.2; 10.5; 10.9--pub. 2011)

Task total: 50
Season total: 615

10.2 Anniversary

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

+10 Task
+10 Female
+5 Jumbo (512 pages)
+15 Combo (10.1--5* from Sara Grace; 10.5--most recently published; 10.9--pub. 2019)

Task total: 40
Season total: 560

20.3 She Writes

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

+20 Task
+10 Female
+10 Combo (10.1--5* by Deedee and Joanna, among others; 10.9--pub. 2017)

Task total: 40
Season total: 520

20.6 Stand Up for Your Rights

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.1--5* from several members, including Joanna, Deedee, and Rebekah; 10.5--this is his first book; 10.9--pub. 2016; 10.10)

Task total: 40
Season total: 480

20.10 Winning Decade

Improvement by Joan Silber

+20 Task (PEN/Faulkner winner in 2018)
+10 Female
+30 Combo (10.1--Devin Murphy; 10.2; 10.5--author's most recent book; 10.8; 10.9--pub. 2017; 20.3)

Task total: 60
Season total: 440

20.8 Unification Season

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

+20 Task (pub. 1983)
+5 Jumbo
+5 Oldies
+5 Combo 10.1--5-star rating from several group members

Task total: 35
Season total: 380

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Anika wrote: "Would Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood work for this one? I haven't read it yet, but based on the goodreads description it sounds like it could..."..."

Yay! Thank you for the swift response <3 I think I even have an available audible credit to get it right now! (I've heard from several people that this book is amazing, but even better when hearing the author read it.)