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

Jenifer’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Can "hound" work for "dog? I was thinking of The Hound of the Baskervilles

Bea wrote: "Pick 'n Mix

15.10 F5 (Italian) - The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Points: 30

Completion Bonus: 100 points (Yay! I did it!!!)

Grand Total Points: 355"

Congratulations, Bea! This was my first time completing the mini-challenge as well.

15.10 Pick n Mix/E6
E6: nonfiction (500-999)

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt

shelved as non-fiction 940.21

+30 task
+100 Pick n Mix Finisher Bonus

Previous Total=215
Grand Total = 345 points

Okay, I think I have figured out my travel plan. I'm hoping to be a Seafarer.

1. Chile: The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems
2. New Zealand: Mister Pip
3. Australia: The Light Between Oceans
4. Federated States of Micronesia: The People in the Trees
5. Malaysia: Evening Is the Whole Day
6. China:
7. Japan: something by Haruki Murakami or Banana Yoshimoto
8. South Korea: Please Look After Mom
9. Russia:
10. Canada: something by Alan Bennett or Louise Penny
11. USA:
12. Columbia: The Sound of Things Falling

Does Stay Close by Harlan Coben work for subcategory E2? It shows the genre as "suspense fiction" but I don't see "mystery" specifically listed.

15.9 Pick n Mix - pub between 1976-2000

The Secret by Julie Garwood

published in 1992

+30 task

Grand Total = 215 points

Could I get approval of Alan Bradley for Canada? His Flavia de Luce novels are set in England but he was born in Canada and considers himself Canadian.

15.8 - A3 set in Europe

Broken Harbour by Tana French
This book is set in Ireland.

+20 task
Grand Total: 185

I highly recommend In the Shadow of the Banyan for anyone looking for a book set in Cambodia (Vadney Radner was born in Cambodia).

15.7 Pick and Mix
E6 (non-fiction 500-999) 636.8 per BPL

Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet by John Bradshaw

+20

Grand Total = 165 pts

15.6 Pick and Mix
F5 - translated from Spanish


The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

+20 task

Grand Total = 145 pts

15.5 - Pick n Mix/C5
page number is between 325-425 pages: 336 pages

Bellman & Black: A Ghost Story by Diane Setterfield

+20 task

Grand Total = 125 pts

15.4 - Pick n Mix/D1
author is male and under 40 when book was published

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
John Green was born in 1977 and this book was published in 2012

+15 task

Task Total=15 pts
Grand Total = 105 pts

15.3 - Pick n Mix/B1
published betweent 2001 - 2013

A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole
Published in 2006

+15 task

Task Total=15 pts

15.2 - Pick n Mix/D4
Female/aged 40-60

The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
JK Rowling was 47 years old when this was published. (b. 1965/p. 2012)

+15 task

Task Total=15 pts
Grand Total=75 pts

15.1 -Pick n Mix/ C3
(page number between 175-275 pages)

ADHD According to Zoe: The Real Deal on Relationships, Finding Your Focus, and Finding Your Keys by Zoe Kessler
224 pages

+15 task

Task Total=15 pts
Grand Total=60 pts

Task 10.3 Conjuction Function
title contains and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet
A Feast for Crows (this title contains the word "for")

REVIEW: I honestly do not know what took me so long to read this series...I love it! A Feast for Crows was a little different from the previous three books in that it seemed more about the characters setting up strategies rather than fighting bloody wars (all though was still quite a bit of violence).

One reason that A Feast for Crows is so different from the previous books is that as George RR Martin was finishing book four, he and his publishers realized that it was nearing 1800 pages and someone made the decision to break it up into two books. In order to make the two book option work, Martin decided to split the two books up by location while keeping plot events running simultaneously in both books. A Feast for Crows focuses on the southern settings/characters and A Dance of Dragons focuses on the northern settings. In addition to the regular southern characters (like Cersei, Jaimie, and Sansa/Alayne), Martin also introduces a few new characters via their own POV chapters. Some I liked, some I didn't, some left me even more confused (but isn't that just like Martin?

+10 task
+10 review
+25 jumbo (1060 pages)

Task Total=45 pts
Grand Total=45 pts

Okay, that's what I thought but wanted to make sure. Thanks.

okay. Thanks

How about Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight?