Jenifer’s Comments (group member since Dec 05, 2011)

Jenifer’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Task 10.1 Rants and Raves

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

*reviewed by Joanna during the Winter 14/15 challenge/post #817

+10 Task
+5 Combo w/ 10.9 (Average rating: 3.99 · 125,048 ratings)

Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 270 pts

Task 20.6 Crime

Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
*shelved as crime 274 times*

+20 Task
+5 Combo w/10.9 (Average rating: 4.13 · 232,534 ratings)

Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 255

10.3 Borrowing From the Mods

Storm Front by Jim Butcher
(borrowed from Sam's shelf)

+10 task
+ 5 combo (w/20.6 shelved 255 times as crime)

Task Total = 15 pts
Grand Total = 225 pts

15.1 Reading Globally - European Union

Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s by Jennifer Worth

+15 task
+5 non-fiction

Task Total = 20 points
Grand Total = 210 points

Thanks for the podcast combos, Cory!

Kate S wrote: "From Post 215

Jenifer wrote: "Task 20.5 Germinal

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

#1 on the book list

+20 Task
+30 Combo 10.3/on each mod's shelf,"

I have this..."

That's fine. I just didn't want anyone to feel left out since it was on each of your shelves. ;)

20.6 Crime

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
*shelved as crime 179 times*

+20 task
+5 combo (10.1-reviewed in post #506 during winter challenge)

Task Total = 25 points
Grand Total = 180 points

Task 10.6 Women's Ed

That Summer by Lauren Willig
*The author has a J.D. from Harvard Law and possibly a Ph.D. as well).

+10 task

Task Total = 10 points
Grand Total = 155 points

Kate S wrote: "From Post 121

Jenifer wrote: "Task 10.8 Podcast Reading

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

Books On The Nig..."

Thanks!

Task 20.5 Germinal

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

#1 on the book list

+20 Task
+30 Combo (10.1/Winter post #301, 10.3/on each mod's shelf, 10.8/BookRiot Podcast #79, 10.9/4.23 & 2,259 ratings, 20.4, 20.6/shelved 199 times)
+ 5 Prize Worthy

Task Total = 55 points
Total Points = 140 points

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Jenifer wrote: "I need to whine....I've just spent some about 15 minutes checking all the combo points that I could get with To Kill a Mockingbird and then remembered to check the Lexile score........"

Really? Great!! Off to post.

I need to whine....I've just spent some about 15 minutes checking all the combo points that I could get with To Kill a Mockingbird and then remembered to check the Lexile score.....790! Arrghhh...

Oh well, I did enjoy reading it a second time. ;)

Task 20.2 Series

Cress by Marissa Meyer (lexile 840)

*From the Luncar Chronicles series (approved in the task thread)*

+20 task
+5 combo (10.9 - 4.22/364,503)
+5 jumbo (550 pages)

Task Total = 30 points
Grand Total = 85 points

Task 10.4 Scrabble!

The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston

+10 Task
+10 Not a Novel
+10 Combo (10.9, 20.6)

Task Total = 30 pts
Grand Total = 55 pts

Task 10.8 Podcast Reading

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

Books On The Nightstand Podcast

+10 Task
+10 Not a Novel
+5 combo (10.9 - Laura Hillenbrand has 4.38/389,327 rating)

Task Total = 25 pts
Grand Total = 25 pts

Kath wrote: "I am wondering if The Count of Monte Cristo meets the criteria for this task. Hate to get part way through and discover not!"

Not sure if it qualifies but I just had to pop in and say it is such a wonderful book! And if you like audiobooks, I highly recommend the version read by John Lee.

Some authors that may work:

JD Ward (lawyer)
Lauren Willig (lawyer)
Sarah Waters (Ph.D)
Colleen McCullough (M.D.)

Does The Garden of Evening Mists by Twan Eng Tanwork for Malaysia? It is set there but I think there will be flashbacks to Japan. Tan Twan Eng was born in Malaysia but seems to split his time between Malaysia and South Africa.

Would this one work? Notes from a Small Island
I think he's returned to the US but it does mention that he lived in the UK as an ex-pat for twenty years.

Would this book work for the non-fiction option or is the subject matter too specific?

The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette