Krista’s Comments (group member since Jul 24, 2010)

Krista’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Okay I need a ruling on this one.

The KITCHEN House by Kathleen GRISSOM

The way I pronounce those two words, I think they rhyme. I know they don't end with the same letter -- but I think they rhyme.

Can I get a ruling please? :-)

Liz M wrote: "Krista wrote: "Would a title with repeating words count as rhymes? For example: Absalom, Absalom!"

Unfortunately, Sam has decided that repeated words do not qualify for this task."

Hi Liz:

No worries, thanks for tracking down that clarification.

Denae wrote: "Awesome! Looks like a blast!"

It gets to be pretty addicting!

Welcome to the group!!

-Krista

Camille wrote: "Krista wrote: "Camille wrote: "Task 20.10: Potent Potables
I read Outside Wonderland by Lorna Jane Cook, which I received as a Goodreads giveaway.

It was very good and I recom..."

Ok, sorry! I thought since I had already done The Scrabble task that it would count. ..."

No worries. It's sometimes tricky to understand all the rules for the tasks, especially for a new player. You're doing great!

Camille wrote: "Task 20.10: Potent Potables
I read Outside Wonderland by Lorna Jane Cook, which I received as a Goodreads giveaway.

It was very good and I recommend it! Such a ..."


Hi Camille:

I don't think this works for Sam's 20.10 task. For task 20.10 the book can't work for any other 10 or 20 point task. This book works for Karen's task 10.7; the "Scrabble" task.

Jayme - what or who are you interested in learning more about? Is there a period in history, an event, or a type of work that you're interested in?

There are so many good biographies out there it would probably be helpful to narrow down your pool of choices by figuring out what/who you want to learn more about.

In Msg 399 -- Ellen wrote: "10.1 - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: 20.3 – Shortest Day/Month of the Year: Candide by Voltaire
+10 Task
+10 Canon
+15 Oldies (1759)
Task Total: 35

10.3 - Cyberpunk!: [book:The Big Sleep|20..."

Hi Ellen:

For the Spring Cleaning tasks (15.x Series) there is a different set of Style Points than those that can be used for the Reading with Style (RWS) tasks.

Spring Cleaning Style Points
+5 Oldies if book is published before 1980
+5 Jumbo if book is more than 500 pages.

The maximum points possible for any 15 point task is 25 points. I don't believe that Liz has posted your points yet, so it might be easiest for her if you just correct your original post (Msg #399).

Rebekah wrote: "Only another Readaphiliac can relate to this. I am so looking forward to going to the hospital tomorrow. I'm having some surgery done (not too serious) and have to stay a couple of days. I don't ha..."

Good luck Rebecca. I hope all goes well, and you get lots of quality reading time in. :-)

Jules wrote: "Regarding 10.9, the Pi Day task: Does it matter if the orthographical "pi" in the title is not pronounced as such ([pai] instead of [pi])? Would "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" ..."

For this task there just needs to be a word in the title that starts with the letters "Pi". So yes,
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society works. Pi is found in Pie.

Hey Liz --- I think you missed my last Completed Task posted points message. (#229) My Readerboard score doesn't reflect the points posted in that message.

Starting Point Total after Msg #229 = 105

Newly Completed Tasks
RwS
Task 10.1 - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly -- This works for Sam's Task 20.10 last season. (Amazon's Top 100 Books list)
+10 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.6 (Dad is a scientist)
Task Total = 15

Spring Cleaning
Task 15.5 - Supernatural: Gad's Hall by Norah Lofts
+15 Task
+ 5 Oldies (Publ 1977)
Task Total = 20

Total New Points = 35

Grand Total = 140

Rebekah wrote: "Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn,
Apple seed and apple thorn,
Wire, briar, limber lock
Three geese in a flock
One flew East
One flew West
And one flew over the cuckoo's nest"

Hey Rebekah, where is this quote from? I was thinking of reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for Task 10.8 (Penguin book list) but if I can work it into a 20 point task, all the better!

nsfancy wrote: "Task 15.1 Spring cleaning Mystery/Thriller Gideon's Sword by Douglas & Lincoln Child Preston

Task points 15

Total points 150 ....

Task 15.6 Spring Cleaning Horror Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris ..."


Sam has indicated that the Sookie books are classified as supernatural, no horror.

From the Spring Cleaning Q&A folder (Msg #20) "For our purposes here, "supernatural" means books that feature ghosts, vampires, werewolves, witches etc. in a macabre way. Gandalf and Harry Potter are not macabre (i.e., fantasy), whereas The Dresden Files and the Sookie Stackhouse books are."

Copied from the Iambic Pentameter folder:
re the Liz's Quotable Quotes Task 20.8:

"..and for another type of combo, Tender Is the Night comes from a line in Keats' Ode to the Nightingale

Though the dull brain perplexes and retards:
Already with thee! tender is the night,
And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne,
Cluster'd around by all her starry Fays;"

--- For more options and Style points ---
Tender Is the Night is on the Penquin list (Task 10.8), and it's a Canon book.

Rebekah wrote: "Books from Penguin List that fit;

...and for another type of combo, Tender Is the Night comes from a line in Keats' Ode to the Nightingale

Though the dull brain perplexes and retards:
Already with thee! tender is the night,
And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne,
Cluster'd around by all her starry Fays;
..."

And as an added bonus, Tender Is the Night is on the Canon list!

Rebekah wrote: "Krista wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Krista wrote: "I found a new book that will fit this task:
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

It's the next book in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Age...


Your book comes out today! Do you want me to get you a signed copy? ..."

Wow, what a nice offer Rebekah!

I think I'm going to have to pass though. My house is already overflowing with books that I'm going to list on Paperback Swap, or donate after I finish reading them. If I start collecting books that I can't bear to part with I'll soon be featured on one of those "Hoarders" episodes. :-}

I'm in the Hold Queue at the library for this book. You have fun at the signing. I want to hear your impressions of Alexander McCall Smith!

Karen GHHS wrote: "We can repeat the Group Reads task can't we? I wanted to read You Know When the Men are Gone, too, but I'm on the hold list for that one. Of course it works for rhyming, too;) Also, the book I chos..."

Hi Karen:

I was looking at Mother's Milk but from the blurb it sounded like it was part of a series. (Or came after a series?) Does this need to be read in any particular order with the author's other books?

Yes -- you can repeat the Group Reads task.

Rebekah wrote: "I checked Book Swap too, but no luck. I guess I'll have to put it in my daily book order. (I wish!)"

I know! My library doesn't have The Summer Bookand neither does Paperback Swap. I've Wish Listed the book there, but I doubt I'll get a copy before the end of the challenge. Now I'm debating between A Game of Thrones and You Know When the Men Are Gone.

Karen GHHS wrote: "Do any of you reading the No. 1 Detective Agency books know which ones were covered in the mini-series? My husband and I just watched it and I want to read the book that is closest to carrying on f..."

I think it covered stoires from the first book or two. I vaguely remembered some of the stories. The salon owner was a completely new character. I watched the series on DVD a few months ago. Does anyone know if they did a second season? It was just such a lovely show.

Rebekah wrote: "Krista wrote: "I found a new book that will fit this task:
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

It's the next book in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, and it's being publ..."

Hmmm --- I wonder how much a flight between Houston and Portland, OR costs....

Have fun, and fill us all in about the event when you can!

I found a new book that will fit this task:
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

It's the next book in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, and it's being published this month.

It also qualifies for my task as Botswana is a current Peace Corps country.