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

Krista’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

In Msg 469 - Tammy wrote: "Task 20.8 Just the Facts -
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America

+20 Task
+5 Combo (Flashlight Worthy Books - What God Hath Wrought - 6 Great Books About Natural Disaster)

Total Task = 25
Grand Total = 120
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Hi Tammy: I'm going to have to disallow the Combo points for this book. You've already claimed Combo points for the Flashlight Worthy task (10.7) using the "Best Classic Sci-Fi" list. The rule for this task states that the same list has to be used throughout this challenge.

Adjusted Total Task = 25 20
Adjusted Grand Total = 120 115

In Msg 463 Karen GHHS wrote: "RtT Task: Traveler Type: Constant ......

20.1 Monsterfest Redux

Radiance by Alyson Noel ......

+20 Task
+ 5 Series (Book 1 in 'Radiance' series, a spinoff from Noel's Immortals Series)

25 Points

Task Total = 70
Grand Total = 315

Hi Karen: I think you can also claim Combo points for Task 10.2 since you've used Alyson Noel for that task previously.

+5 Combo: Task 10.2 Literature Map of Lisa McMann

New Book Total = 30
New Grand Total = 320

In Msg 462 - Rachel wrote: "READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OH ...

20.10 Late One Night...

Dracula. It qualifies for Parts A, C, and D of this task.

+20 Task
+10 Canon
+5 Combo (Task 10.10 Group Read)

Task Total: 35 points
TOTAL POINTS: 110 points
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Hi Rachel:
Bram Stoker has a Fall birthday. Several other folks have claimed those Combo points, so I'm going to add them to your point tally also. Cheers!

+5 Combo Task 10.3 Fall Birthdays

Task Total: 40 Points
NEW TOTAL POINTS: 115 Points

In Msg 441 - Rhea wrote: "Liz M wrote: "Rhea wrote: "Task 10.1 Football Season?: On Justice, Power and Human Nature: The Essence of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides"

+10 Canon points"

It wasn't the entire thing, it was just selections from it. I'll take the canon points if I get them though, thanks!
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I'll allow it. Thanks for the heads-up Liz! I'll add +10 Canon points for this title the next time I update the points. -Krista

Task 20.9 - Sam's Scandinavian Noir: The Cruel Stars of the Night by Kjell Eriksson
+20 Task
+10 Series (#2 Ann Lindell; 2nd book in this series used for different tasks this challenge)
+10 LiT (Swedish)
Task Total = 40

Task 20.10 - Kiri's Late One Night...: (Parts A,C & D) Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (Task 10.2 Literature Map of Wilkie Collins)
+10 Canon
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 410

Rachelccameron wrote: "Krista wrote: "In Msg 419 - Rachelccameron wrote: "Task 20.8 "Just the Facts": The Man Who Could Not Kill Enough: The Secret Murders of Milwaukee's Jeffrey Dahmer by [author:Anne E. S...

It is about Jeffrey Dahmer, but the way she writes it, it Also shows what it was like to write this book from the reporter's perspective. Because she was basically the first reporter on the case, it follows her career through this time. A great deal of it has more to do with her job and what she went through than just covering Jeffrey Dahmer.
No worries if you don't want to allow it though!
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Thanks for the extra explanation. I'll allow it!

In Msg 423 - Erin wrote: "Krista,

Thanks for the catch in message 402. I should have read the debate on the challenge first...I just posted and claimed combo points for the Kitchen house, which takes place on a tobacco plantation in the South, does that work?..."

I'll let Sam make the call about tobacco. I think it fits the spirit of the task. But I was way off base earlier with "Catcher in the Rye", so I'm leaving that ruling to the task expert. :-)

As luck would have it, I just added this title to my TBR pile earlier today. (And got my name added to the Hold queue for it at the library.) How did you like the book BTW?

I was going to claim Combo points for Task 10.4, One Hit Wonder since it's the author's only published book to date.

So, I'm adding 5 points to the your scoring of The Kitchen House.
+5 Combo Points - Task 10.4

Adjusted Grand Total = 295 (from Msg 422)

If Sam rules out the farming aspect, I'll deduct the 5 Combo points claimed for task 20.4.

In Msg 419 - Rachelccameron wrote: "Task 20.8 "Just the Facts": The Man Who Could Not Kill Enough: The Secret Murders of Milwaukee's Jeffrey Dahmer by Anne E. Schwartz

+20 Task
+15 Combo (10.4 Only book by author; 10.5 Milwaukee in title; 10.6 author was reporter who did a ton of coverage for the case)

Task Total: 35 pts
Grand Total: 295 pts
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I'm disqualifying the claiming of Task 10.6 for Combo points. Task 10.6 is supposed to be a memoir about what someone does for a living. That doesn't seem to fit the bill for this book. Is this book about what it was like to write this book from the reporter's perspective? It looks like it's about Jeffrey Dahlmer, and that would't qualify as a memoir. If I've misunderstood what the book is about, let me know and I'll add the points back in.

+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.4 Only book by author; 10.5 Milwaukee in title)

Task Total: 30 pts
Adjusted Grand Total: 290 pts

In Msg 397 - Miss GP wrote: "Krista wrote: "Hi Miss GP: This book looked interesting to me so I started reading the Goodreads blurb about the author. It mentiones that some of her books are published under different titles in ...

I LOVE this series. This is the second book, and I think it's probably better to start with the first, as a number of the characters are more developed in the first novel (the author doesn't spend a lot of time fleshing them out in the second, since that was done in the first). As soon as I was finished I went out & bought book #3."

Thanks for the info. It's on my TBR pile. I'll start with the first book in the series. It sounds like a great series. Ah, so many books.... so little time. :-)

In Msg 399 - Erin wrote: "ERIN C.

20.7 Unification Season

The Cider House Rules by John Irving p. 1985

+20 Task points
+5 Jumbo (570pp.)
+5 Combo (20.4 Harvest Season. Takes place on an apple farm)

Task Total=30
Grand Total=270 ..."

Hi Erin: I'm going to have to disallow the combo points for Task 20.4, Harvest Season. Sam is only allowing crops that are associated with a harvest that is NOT a fruit. See his response to the use of "Catcher in the Rye" in Msg 273.

Task Total=30 25
Grand Total=270 265

In Msg 391 - Miss GP wrote: "Completed Task #10.8: Shine on Harvest Moon. Read a book with a picture of the moon on the cover. I read

A Fatal Grace, by Louise Penny.

Task points: 10
Combo points: 0
Series points: 5 (#2 in the Inspector Gamache/Three Pines series)
Canon: 0
Language: 0
Jumbo: 0
Total task points: 15

Challenge total to date: 175 ..."

Hi Miss GP: This book looked interesting to me so I started reading the Goodreads blurb about the author. It mentiones that some of her books are published under different titles in the UK/Canada and the US. I did a little more digging uncovered that THIS book was published as "Dead Cold" in the UK and Canada.

So....that means you also earn Combo point for Task 10.9: Coralie's "Also Known As".

+ 5 Combo
New Task Total = 20
New Grand Total = 180

Task 10.7 - Flashlight Worthy: (List Used = Nordic Noir) The Princess of Burundi by Kjell Eriksson

+10 Task
+ 5 Combo - 20.9, Scandinavian Noir
+ 5 Series - Ann Lindell #1
+10 LiT - Swedish
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 335

In Msg 383 - Allie wrote: "Task 20.2 Banned Books (x4) (http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy...)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Lexile = 880; ...
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+ 0 Series (my understanding was that I can't claim series points when I use books from the same series for the same task)
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Hi Allie, that's right. You'd already claimed Series style points for another Harry Potter book for this specific task prior to this post. So you can't claim any Series points for these books.

Karen GHHS wrote: "10.8 – Shine on Harvest Moon

Blue Moon by Alyson Noel

+10 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.2 Literature Map (Lisa McMann))
+ 5 Series (Book 2 in Immortal series)

Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 210 ..."

Hi Karen: I have your previous Grand Total = 195. Add 20 points for this task, your
New Grand Total = 215

I added 5 Series Style points for "The Iron King" from your last post since someone else had also just claimed Series points for that book. I'll leave your current Grand Total at 215 unless I get a request from you to readjust the points. Thanks! -Krista

Potjy wrote: "Krista wrote: "In Msg 360 - Potjy wrote: "RwS

10.1 – Football Season? Pelagia And The White Bulldog : The First Sister Pelagia Mystery by Boris Akunin The word is bull...

But if you love historical novels, or be a mystery geek (like me), you should enjoy it."

LOL -- I do love historical fiction and I'm a bit of a mystery geek. How did you know? :-) I hope I won't run out of time to read this book during this challenge! Thanks for the feedback.

In Msg 360 - Potjy wrote: "RwS

10.1 – Football Season? Pelagia And The White Bulldog : The First Sister Pelagia Mystery by Boris Akunin The word is bulldog.

..."

Hi Potjy: I was excited to see that you've just read this book. What did you think of it? I stumbled upon this title when researching possible books for this task. I just picked it up from the library. Would you recommend it? Thanks! -Krista

In Msg 355 - Deana wrote: Task 20.8 Krista's non-fiction

I read Fodor's Walt Disney World with Kids 2011: with Universal Orlando, SeaWorld & Aquatica (I hope it counts....it is not a novel, so I wasn't sure)

20 points

Total RWS Points: 275
..."

Yep, any non-fiction book over 200 pages counts for this task. (If it was a novel, it wouldn't be non-fiction.) ;-)

In Msg 353 - Liz M wrote: "RtT Tasks, Traveler Type = Constant

Task 15.1 (1951-2000) - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams (pub. 1987). A perfectly fun & frivolous book to while a...

Well-traveled bonus: +100 points....

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Way to go Liz. You are the first challenge particpant to earn the Well-Traveled bonus! Wa-hoo!!

In Msg 350 - Tammy wrote: "This is my first post ever.

Task 10.5 City Light: The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell

+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.9 Scandinavian Noir)
+10 Lost in Translation (Transla...

Task 20.7 Unification Season: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card...
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Welcome to the Reading with Style Challenge Tammy. Glad to have you join us!

This points posting looks really good. The only think I saw that I needed more information about was for Task 20.7. When claiming points for this task we ask that you also provide the country the author is from and the book's original publication year. That saves me some research time when posting the points.

All in all, you did a great job for your first post.

Thanks! -Krista

Task 20.5 - Freedom Season: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor Publ. 1976 - Lexile Score 920, Set in Mississippi

+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.3 Fall B-Day 10/13/44; 20.2 Banned Books, Part B; 20.4 Harvest Season, set on a cotton farm; 20.7 Unification Season, US author publ. 1976)
+ 5 Series (The Logans #1)

Task Total = 45
Grand Total = 305