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

Krista’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Rebekah wrote: "Here's another question or two just to show how little I know. Does any of Fforde books count as Cyberpunk?

What is the difference between 15.8 Biography (and Autobiography) and 15.9 Memoirs?

..."

Well I can tackle your second question.

1) Biography - a non-fiction history of a person's life (or a portion of their life) written by someone other than the person themself. For example: Kate Remembered by A. Scott Berg A biography of Kathering Hepburn written by Scott Berg.

2) Autobiograpy & Memoir - both of these are written by the person being featured in the book.

I just looked up the difference between an autobiography and a memoir in Wikipedia the other day and it said that a memoir usually only focused on one or two significant events/eras in the person's life, while an autobiography was about their whole life. (But more frequently now, the terms can mean just about the same thing.)
Autobiography: The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Memoir: Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

Please use the same format as outlined at the beginning of the Winter Challenge Completed Tasks Folder.

And please, post early and post often.

Your scorekeepers appreciate that!

Krista & Liz

Rebekah wrote: "Krista wrote: "I was wondering about the Jasper Fforde books myself. I haven't started the series yet, but I've been meaning to read The Eyre Affair for months now.

...I saw Jasper Fforde at a book reading in New Orleans and he pronounced the title so that it rhymed. ."

How cool was it to see Jasper Fforde?

Christy wrote: "I just wanted to verify... no style points in the Spring challenge for books in translation?"

Correct.

Melissa W wrote: "Does Deja Dead work?"

Yep

The Winter Challenge has officially ended. On to Spring!

What a great group this is. The wonderful participants make it fun to keep on playing.

In Msg 706 -- Rebekah wrote: "Task 15.9 Land & Sea
9th stop - Russia

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

+15 pts Task Total
+10 pts Bonus

25 pts Task Total
905 pts - Grand Total (I think) "

LOL -- Well, your total is pretty close. :-)

885
+25
910 points - Grand Total

Just keep to your reading. :-)

In Msg 700 -- Rachel wrote: "READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OH

I completed...

Itinerary: Land and Sea
Stop #10: Greece

Four Plays by Aristophanes: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs

+15 Task
+10 "Backpacking" Bonus

+100 "Well-Traveled" Bonus

Task Total=270
TOTAL POINTS FOR THIS SEASON= 665 ..."

Hey, Congratulations on completing the whole European circuit. We hope you enjoyed your journey. You did great -- espcially with being sick for over a week. -Krista

In Msg 687 -- Norma wrote: "New Years Resolution Best Beginning - Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth

+10 points
+5 Oldies (1969)
total tsk 15

total points 130"

Hi Norma: I show your current point total as 120 not 130. I think you may have missed a message from me awhile back that disallowed some points. -Krista

Remember, you have until midnight (Pacific Standard Time) to post your final points for the Winter Challenge.

We'll open up the Spring Challenge Completed Tasks folder tomorrow.

Task 10.6: Noel, Noel - The Water Wars by Cameron Stracher

+10 Task
Task Total = 20

Final Grand Total for Winter Challenge = 595

Great Challenge everyone. Now I'm off to try to finish up the scorekeeping tonight.

Rachelccameron wrote: "20.10 President's Day

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - President Arthur

+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.6 Noel
+5 Combo 20.8 Time Travel
+10 Canon
+10 ..."

Good on ya, Rachelcameron!
I've been trying to slog my way through this book for about a month. I just couldn't get it finished by the end of the challenge. I found some passages really funny, and some that just went on and on and on. I suspect that was more the style of writing in Twain's time. I thought this would be a light romp worth bunches of points, but I just couldn't get through it.

Did you enjoy it, is it worth trying to continue reading?

Funny -- I just jotted down The Master Butchers Singing Club club for the the Poets Who Write Prose task. I saw Louise Erdich on TV awhile back and she was talking about how this story came from the German side of her family. Her was grandfather a German butcher who immigrated to Minnesota. I think he immigrated. He may have been born here --- but I do know he was German or at least of German extraction.

Liz M wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I know mine - The Bingo Palace - only because I've been trying to find a place for it in a challenge for at least a year, and Sam's task is a gift, a pure g..."

The Beet Queen is one of my favorite books!

Wouldn't all of the Sue Grafton "Alphabet" books in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series fit for this task?

A is for Alibi, etc.

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "i think I decided on "Strawberry Shortcake Murder" and "Carrot Cake Murder""

Mmmm --- Very tasty.

Here are a few more from my TBR pile:


Reservation Road
Song Yet Sung
Star of the Sea
The Sunne in Splendour
The Thirteenth Tale
The Time Travelers: Volume One

I like your idea of Marjorie Morningstar, Elisabeth. I may have to pencil that in for me too. :-}

Do all the words (except the little connecting words) have to start iwth the same letter/sound?

Do we have to inlcude sub-titles when determining whether a book fits?

Would this work?
That Summer in Sicily: A Love Story

-- Or this? ---

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "I am trying to decide which book I want to read first for the Spring Challenge."

There are so many good choices, it's tough to make a decision. Right? :-)

Oh what the heck, let's add a help folder for this task too. Post questions about this task or suggested books that would work for this task here.
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20.1 - Alliteration
Read a book whose title has words that begin with the same consonant or vowel sound. Ex. Rabbit Run, Bag of Bones