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

Krista’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Liz -- you're doing a great job with all the completed tasks posts. (And I'm currently enjoying a bit more leisure time... Although wouldn't you know it, work has gotten really busy this week. So much for getting more reading time in.)

Thanks for your hard work! -Krista

Rebekah wrote: "Task 20.6 Poetry before 1900
Shakespeare's Sonnets

+20 pts - Task
+10 pts - Canon
+15 pts - Oldies

45 pts - Task Total
185 pts - Grand Total"

I think this works for the Alliteration Task too, doesn't it?

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Yes, Jayme, that was always the rule."

Yep, that's always been the rule with Series points, you only get the 10, 15, 20 point Series Style points if each of the the books in the series are used for different tasks.

As usual, my booklist of selections for this challenge is longer than I know I'll have time to finish. Now it's a battle between reading books I own that are worth fewer points than the library books I can get ahold.

As usual, so many books ---- so little time.

Sam wrote: "Krista wrote: "Hey Sam: Can we get a ruling as to whether subtitles can/should be counted as part of the 10 syllables?

It seems like those subtitles like ":A Novel", and "A Story" shouldn't c..."

Okay -- thanks. That's how I was thinking of it too.

Hey Sam: Can we get a ruling as to whether subtitles can/should be counted as part of the 10 syllables?

It seems like those subtitles like ":A Novel", and "A Story" shouldn't count as they haven't counted for other tasks in the past. But I don't know precisely what you had in mind for this task.

Thanks!

I've completed my first Spring Cleaning task. (Wa-hoo, I'm on the board!)

Task 15.7 - Drama: The Crucible by Arthur Miller

+15 Task
+ 5 Oldies (Publ 1953)
Task Total = 20

Grand Total = 20

I've finished updating the scores for the Winter Challenge. They're posted on the Winter Challenge Readerboard thread.

Rebekah, with your last post there you added:
+25 Task (15.10)
+100 BtE Completion Bonus
+200 Mega Finish Bonus

Way to go!!!

-Krista

Rebekah wrote: "Krista, do you know my final score for Winter's challenge? I know I finished the Mega at the last minute but couldn't remember if that just added another 100 pts or if it was an extra 200 pts for f..."

I haven't finished tallying the last few posts that were made for the Winter Challenge. (It's been a crazy week.) I'll do that over the weekend. Would you like me to post a note in the Spring Challenge Completed Task folder when the final Winter points have been added?

Sara Grace wrote: "What about The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet? Seems like it's all riding on the number of syllables in Zoet."

I was wondering about this title too! I don't know how "Zoet" is pronounced. (1 syllable or 2?)

The Syllable Counter software pegs it at 10 syllables.

AM10000 wrote: "Hi all, I am new to the challenges, and right now feeling overwhelmed with the scoring and trying to figure it out."

Hi AM10000 --

Welcome to the group. I hope you'll find that we're a friendly bunch. I know that we all try to be helpful. Please don't hesitate to ask questions if you need some help figuring anything out.

I think that most of us feel a bit overwhelmed at the beginning of the challenge. There are so many possible books, and trying to find the best task possible to maximize your Style points takes some research. You're not alone.

Again --- "Welcome!"

-Krista

Maybe we could ask Sam nicely if he'd consider adjusting his Task so that Karen's task could be excluded from his list of tasks his task book can't work for? (Boy, I don't think I was very straightfoward with that sentence. Hopefully folks can understand it.)

Instead of Sam's current task wording of:
..."but only if it doesn't fit any of the other Reading with Style 10 or 20-point tasks."

Maybe, it could be changed to:
...but only if it doesn't fit any of the other Reading with Style 10 or 20-point tasks except tasks 10.1, and 10.7?

Pretty please, Sam?

I know it's kind of nervy to ask, but I've got to give it a shot.

Joanna wrote: "I think Jackie forgot to link the 10.8 book she read...I think Charade is meant for 15.1."

I think you could be right. :-) Boy, I'd better fill up my coffee cup and take a good long swig.

Jackie --- if you could include the book you read for Task 10.8, that would be great.

Thanks!

Jackie wrote: "Spring Cleaning
15.1 Mystery/Thriller

Charade by Sandra Brown

+15 Task

RWS
10.8-Popular Penguins
+10 Task
+10 Oldies (pub 1865)
Task Total: 20


Post Total: 35
Grand..."


Hi Jackie: Either the book you linked here -- or the publication date shown is incorrect. The book "Charade" that you added in your post was published in 1994. If that's the correct book, it's not eligible for Oldies Style points.

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "I didn't think we could add RWS bonus points to Spring cleaning tasks."

Yes, this challenge instead of just getting an extra 10 bonus points just for reading a certain number of books in this category --- now you have to earn the bonuses. :-)

But on the upside, the bonuses can start with the first book read for Spring Cleaning.

Here's the excerpt from Sam's explanation on how to earn the bonus points. It's in the "How to Play Spring Cleaning" topic.
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Each task is worth 15 points; however, you can receive bonus points in two different ways:

1) Read a book written prior to 1980, receive 5 bonus points.
2) Read a book with more than 500 pages, receive 5 bonus points.

A bonus of 150 points will be rewarded for anyone who completes all of the "Spring Cleaning" tasks.

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Rachelccameron wrote: "For 10.8 are we to use only the books on the page that comes up or the full list found on the Excel spreadsheet?"

Excel spreadsheet? Where do you see that? I'd love to be able to import a link to it, or download a copy of it. Thanks! -Krista

Rebekah wrote: "Oh, sorry! Back in my foggy brain today! I forgot my son's Scout meeting and seems like I've forgotten how to spell too. Is that what Twilight does to you? lol"

No worries. (I hope I didn't sound snotty in the post above.) I just thought you'd might like to know where/when Sam approved the book. :-)

Rebekah wrote: "Sam wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Can the Supernatural task include non-fiction? Such as John Edward's Crossing Over or Do Dead People Watch You Shower?: And Other Que..."</i>

Yep. Sam okayed [book:Twilight for Supernatural or Romance. (See msg 61.)

For Karen's Scrabble Task (10.7) can we use subtitle words -- or is it only the title words?

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "And, while we're at your task, Krista - does the book have to be set in the modern day country, or can the location be set on the same land, but prior to current political boundaries. I'm consideri..."

Hmmmm --- it can be set in the same land as the current country I suppose. If you want to go to the trouble to figure that out, then you deserve to use it for your task. :-)

Just explain how the country in the book relates to the modern day country when you post your points.