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

Anika’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

This is such a hard question because I don't think I've yet met a task I *don't* like--even when they seem like they'll be uninteresting or difficult, due to that task I always end up reading the most fascinating books that I wouldn't meet otherwise. I guess the ones I like best are the ones that are broad enough to use as Combo points for many of the other books I'd be reading for the season (prizeworthy, Penguin, no "some random letter" in the author's name, etc.).
As far as favorite sub-challenge: I loved when we did 10 Degrees of Separation/Summer 2012 and Know Your ABCs/Fall 2012 (even though I never finished that one...which I regret and would love a second chance at completing).

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Anika wrote: "I found a book I want to read for Guam but it has a low Lexile--HOWEVER I didn't see it listed at BPL, so would it be a viable option for this task + Styles? The book is [book:Keeper ..."

Thank you! (I keep forgetting that it's a regular task and not subject to the RG rules--in my book where I keep my reading plan, I could only fit it on my RG sub-challenge page so keep lumping that task in with RG rules.)

I found a book I want to read for Guam but it has a low Lexile--HOWEVER I didn't see it listed at BPL, so would it be a viable option for this task + Styles? The book is Keeper of the Night by Kimberly Willis Holt. (I know I've checked BPL before and thought they didn't have the book I was reading and then was wrong, so I just want to make sure I'm not missing it somehow before I get underway with this one...)

50.1 Project RwS, Seychelles

The Edge of Eden by Helen Benedict

+50 Task
+5 Multiple
+5 Combo--20.6

Task total: 60
Season total: 1680

15.1 RG (Round 2), 15,000-24,999

This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Philipps

+15 Task
+5 Non-Fiction

Task total: 20
Season total: 1620

Thanks Elizabeth and Val :-)
I just know I won't have a lot of time to read the last half of the month so have been rushing to get done before I head back to work :-D Hope you all are enjoying your summer reading!

10.9 All Star Reads

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

+10 (Thank you for the recommendation, Rachel! Loved it!)
+10 Young (b. 1972)
+5 Combo (20.6)

Task total: 25

+100 RwS Finish
+200 MegaFinish

Season total: 1600

50.1 Project RwS, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands

Return to Midway by Robert D. Ballard

+50 Task
+5 Multiple
+15 Combo 10.3, 20.1 (pub. 1999), 20.6

Task total: 70
Season total: 1275

15.10 RG, 15,000-24,999

Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, & Baking Biscuits by Reese Witherspoon

+30 Task
+5 Non-Fiction

Task total: 35

+100 RG Finish

Season total: 1205

15.9 RG, 250,000+

The Gunslinger by Stephen King

+30 Task
+5 Old

Task total: 35
Season total: 1070

15.8 RG, 75,000-99,999

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

+20 Task

Task total: 20
Season total: 1035

20.2 Oxford Authors

The Porpoise by Mark Haddon

+20 Task
+5 Multiple
+15 Combo 10.3, 20.6, 20.7

Task total: 40
Season total: 1015

50.1 Project RwS, Svalbard

Seeds on Ice: Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault by Cary Fowler

+50 Task
+5 Multiple
+10 Combo: 10.3, 20.6

Task total: 65
Season total: 975

20.1 Iris Murdoch

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley (1030 Lexile)

+20 Task (Aww, Beth, that was a good one...it was Harry Potter and Game of Thrones and Sabriel with a little Sword in the Stone and even a little Austen all wrapped up in one delicious fantasy package! Thanks for the recommendation)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1982)
+10 Combo (10.9, 20.6)

Task total: 35
Season total: 910

Anika wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 669 Anika wrote: "15.8 RG, 250,000+

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

+20 Task
+5 Old

Task total: 25
Season total: 880"

Anika, I'm so..."

I'm not sure if you've already recorded my reply from 19 minutes ago, so I'm reposting just in case...I'd actually like to use it for 20.2 Oxford Authors rather than for 20.1. Sorry for the indecision there... :-/

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 669 Anika wrote: "15.8 RG, 250,000+

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

+20 Task
+5 Old

Task total: 25
Season total: 880"

Anika, I'm sorry, but this title is YA A..."

Humbug! I thought I checked that one. Hate when I do that to myself...ah, well. Glad it'll fit somewhere else, at least! Let's move it to:

20.1 Iris Murdoch

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

+20 Task

Task total: 20
Season total: 875

15.8 RG, 250,000+

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

+20 Task
+5 Old

Task total: 25
Season total: 880

Would Return to Midway work for U.S. Minor Outlying Islands? It's about the Battle at Midway and a hunt for the ships lost in that battle 56 years later, so it sounds like much of it is set on a boat in the surrounding waters (but when we're talking about a 2.4 square mile atoll, most of it would have to be set on water?).

15.7 RG, 1,000-4,999

Autumn by Karl Ove Knausgård

+20 Task
+5 NF

Task total: 25
Season total: 855

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Anika wrote: "On my local library's website, the description for The Porpoise is simply: " 'A fantastical novel which reworks Shakespeare's Pericles into a parable for today.'--Prov..."

Sweet! Thank you :-)