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

Krista’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Liz M wrote: "10.7 Scrabble: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African by Olaudah Equiano
Tiles: T,I,N,O,T,L,O,O,E,O,G,V,T,A,O,E can ..."

The person who can make the biggest word with their book should get some sort of honorable mention at the end of the challenge. Liz --- I think you'd win it!

Liz M wrote: "Krista wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "20.8 Quotable Quotes The Sound and the Fury
If the task requirement is that the quote has to be an exact match with the book title ---- I don'..."

Dang. --- I was hoping you'd go to the other way and allow small discrepancies. :-)

Sorry about that Elizabeth!

Spring Cleaning
Task 15.4 - Historical Fiction:
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
+15 Task
+ 5 Jumbo (512 pages)
Task Total = 20

RwS
Task 20.3 Iambic Pentameter: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.6 Lab Lit, 10.9, Pi)
+ 5 Series
Task Total = 35

Grand Total = 105

Rebekah wrote: "On Amazon, where can you find the categories it lists the books under?
Would All Quiet on the Western Front be considered a historical novel?"

I don't know where you'd find that information on Amazon, but I think it falls in the historical fiction category. (Is that good enough?) :-)

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "20.8 Quotable Quotes The Sound and the Fury


+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (20.4 Poet's Non-Poetry)
+10 Canon
+10 Oldie (pub 1929)

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in th..."

If the task requirement is that the quote has to be an exact match with the book title ---- I don't think this book works based on the quote provided.

Title: The Sound and the Fury

Quote: "And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing. "
(Macbeth Act 5, Scene 5) (Copied from Elizabeth's original post, Msg 202)

If other books aren't being allowed because of small discrepencies between the titles and the quotes, (See Msg 223) I'm not sure that this one is allowable either. Is there perhaps another quote that is an exact match to this title?

Liz, I know you're the task owner for this task. I'm just trying to understand the reasoning that went into allowing this book and not others.

Liz M wrote: "Krista wrote: "Hey Liz -- I'm wondering if this quote fits the bill for your task. It's for The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. This quote was printed in the front of the book..."

Hey Liz -- thanks for your quick response. Your answer is completely understood, and what I pretty much expected. But you have to scrounge for those points where you can. :-)

Cheers! -Krista

Hey Liz -- I'm wondering if this quote fits the bill for your task. It's for The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. This quote was printed in the front of the book:

"Unless some sweetness at the bottome lie, who cares for all the crinkling of the pie?" (William King, "The Art of Cookery", 1708)

I know it's not an exact quote. I'm just checking to see if I can perhaps claim combo points with this book for your task.

Thanks for reviewing it for me!

I found another one. It was on my 'saved for later' list on my library account.

Margherita Dolce Vita by Stefano Benni

Potjy wrote: "Krista wrote: "Potjy wrote: "Reading w/Style (RwS)

20.10 - Sam's Choice: Potent Potables: Pars vite et reviens tard by Fred Vargas

+20 Task
+ 5 Series (Book 4 in Commissaire Adamsberg series)
Tas...

Oooops, sorry. I'd read that the scrabble task couldn't be used for combo points, and jumped to the (wrong) conclusion. Here I repost it as 15.1. Sorry for the inconvenience. "

I really was asking whether we'd heard from Sam yet. I have a book that doesn't fit anything but the Scrabble task, and I'd really like to use it for Sam's task. I wasn't trying to say you couldn't use the book there. (I was hoping it would be accepted.) :-)

Rebekah wrote: "OMG! My readerboard score and the score I've added up on my own spreadsheet are the same! it's like a miracle! (smile) Every once in a while, I do add correctly! I'm so proud of myself!"

-- Good Going Rebekah. :-)

Karen GHHS wrote: "Liz said she'd allow one capitalized word that wasn't alliteration, so the first four in Krista's post would be ok, right?"

Oops, I missed that very important point in Liz's original post. Thanks! Now I see the logic in her decisions. :-)

Potjy wrote: "Reading w/Style (RwS)
10.7 - Karen's 3rd Place Task Scrabble!: In the Last Analysis by Amanda Cross

Tiles: i-t-l-a-a-c
Word: talc, tail

+10 Task
+ 5 Series (Book ...

20.10 - Sam's Choice: Potent Potables: Pars vite et reviens tard by Fred Vargas

+20 Task
+ 5 Series (Book 4 in Commissaire Adamsberg series)
Task Total = 25
..."

So have we had word from Sam yet as to whether or not we can also drop Karen's 'Scrabble' task as one of the current challenge task the books for his task can't fit? This book fits the Scrabble task.

Liz M wrote: "AM10000 wrote: "Would Their Eyes Were Watching God work? Would the two W's be enough to count, or would there need to be more?"

This is a 20 point task & should be a little harder. So unless Sam..."

Hi Liz:

Thanks for more guidelines. I'm not sure why The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy would work for this though. Not all the capitalized words in the title start with the same letter. I would have thought that the word "Hitchhiker's" would have ruled out the book for this task.

The same question goes for:
Strawberry Shortcake Murder Wouldn't the "M" in "Murder" rule this out?
Blueberry Muffin Murder "B" is capitalized.
Living Dead in Dallas "L" is capitalized

I'm just trying to get a clear understanding of the requirement.

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life was ruled out because the subtitle wasn't simply :A Book (or some other simple subtitle) --- and the words in the subtitle didn't start with B?

Liz M wrote: "Krista wrote: "Hey Liz:

I have a question about a book for your "Quotable Quotes" task. I was just looking at the National Book Critics award winners list and [book:The Warmth of Other Suns: ..."

Wunderbar! I've been trying to figure out how to work this book in. This will be a great fit.

Task 10.4 - Say What? When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (When) Lexile Score 750
+10 Task
Task Total = 10

Task 15.8 Biography: China Doctor of John Day, Oregon by Jeffrey Barlow
+15 Task
+ 5 Oldies (Publ 1979)
Task Total = 20

Grand Total = 50

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Hmmm, maybe I should add this to my Wish List."

Re: Plainsong -- I don't think you'll be disappointed if you do. :-)

Hey Liz:

I have a question about a book for your "Quotable Quotes" task. I was just looking at the National Book Critics award winners list and The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration won for non-fiction.

Here's an excerpt from the blurb about the book, "Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Random House), a magisterial work, taking its title from a poem by Richard Wright
..."

Would that qualify the book for your task?

Thanks! -Krista

Liz M wrote: "Joanna wrote: "I'm wondering about a choice for Quotable Quotes:

In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences

The book appears on the linked list. As far..."

Hi Joanna: It will work for Task 10.1 as it was a Group Reads for last Challenge. (I don't know if you've finished Task 10.1 yet.)

Joanna wrote: "Krista wrote: "This is the same book I've pencilled in for this task. It's been on my TBR shelf forever, I actually own a copy of it, and I really enjoyed the first book. (Plainsong?) "

And Plai..."

I read Plainsong several years ago, and I still have fond memories of it. That's the sign of a good book! I think you'll enjoy it.

Tammy wrote: "First Post of the Season

20.9 Krista's Peace Corps Task

Eventide by Kent Haruf (who served in Turkey)

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 20"

Hi Tammy: This is the same book I've pencilled in for this task. It's been on my TBR shelf forever, I actually own a copy of it, and I really enjoyed the first book. (Plainsong?)

How did you like this book?