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

Krista’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Erin wrote: "ERIN C

20.2 Banned Book Week

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

+20 Task Points
+10 Canon

Total Point the Task=30
Grand Total=95"

Hi Erin:

I've updated your Readboard name to "Erin C". Also, your grand total before this message was 90. So after this message your new score is:

Grand Total = 120

Miss GP wrote: "Completed Task #15.2: Reading through Time, 1950 - 1901. The Age of Innocence, published in 1920.

Task points: 15

Total challenge points to date: 150"

Hi Miss GP:

So I take it you're going to be a Constant Traveler then? If you are electing to be a Constant Traveler, then the 10-point per book bonus starts with this, your second book.

I've marked you down as a Constant Traveler and added the 10 bonus points to your score. If you intended instead to be a Time Leaper, please let me know and I'll deduct the 10 bonus points.

New Grand Total (if Constant) = 160

Rachel wrote: "Sorry if this has been asked before, but I just wondered: does claiming combo points for a task qualify as completing that task? Does that make sense? I think I might try to complete the whole chal..."

Hi Rachel: To complete a task a book has to be read that qualifies for and is counted as a TASK book, not a Combo points book.

To complete the RwS Challege, you'll need to read 20 books. To complete the RtT Challenge you'll need to read 10 books. To complete the whole shebang, you'll need to read 30 books.

Hope that helps! -Krista

In Msg 27 -- Erin wrote: "ERIN MN
(Can you please change my name to this instead of ERIN C (MN)? Thanks!!! "

Sure! I've updated the name on the Readerboard. Please continue to include "Erin MN" at the beginning of your posts. That will help me keep the Erins straight. :-)

In Msg 222 - Shannon wrote: "Task 15.2 RtT2
A Town like Alice by Nevil Shute
Published 1950

Task points = 10

Total points = 65"

Hi Shannon:
Since you are a Constant Traveler, and this is the second book read for RtT here's how the book is scored:

+15 Task
+10 Combo
Task Total = 25

New Grand Total = 95

Rebekah wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "A couple of questions please.
1) If on of the books we are reading that was originally published in Spanish and has the word Luna in the title even though the book has been transla..."

Hi Rebekah -- We're not ignoring this question. Sam and I are conferring about it. :-) We'll get back with a ruling soon. -Krista

In Msg 214 -- nsfancy wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "nsfancy wrote: "Task 20.10 A The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (#8 on list)

Task points 20
+10 Canon
+5 Combo (10.3 Wilde born Oct 16 1854)"

It's also a combo with 10.4 One Hit Wonder
So it is! Thank you Elizabeth.

Krista, can I add 5 points to Dorian Gray for a total of 160 please? ..."

Yep, since I haven't actaully gotten to this adding the points for this message yet, you can edit it in the original message. Just add the 5 new Combo points to message 212 and I'll pick it up when I do the scoring. Thanks!

In Msg 201-- Rebekah wrote: "Task 20.3 - Season of Shorter Days- Penguin Book of Indian Ghost Stories by Ruskin Bond

+20 Task
+5 Combo (task 20.1 Monster Redux for Ghost in title)

Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 145

Hi Rebekah: Did ghosts have a major role in these stories? Part C of Task 20.1 (Monsterfest) needs to have ghosts featured in the story, not "Ghost" in the title.

I'll post the Combo points for Task 20.1. But if the book doesn't fit this task, please let me know so I can adjust the score. Thanks!

In Msg 199 -- Cait wrote: "Task 10.9....

Krista, when I last posted (post #76), I claimed points for Task 10.5 by reading Freedom (before the task was modified). I just now realized that I only claimed task points and forgot to claim Jumbo Style points (+5, since the book is 576 pages). Is it too late to amend my score to reflect the style points? If not, then my Grand Total = 70. Thanks, and sorry for any inconvenience..."

Nope, it's not too late. I've added the 5 Jumbo points to that book. No problem.

Grand Total = 70

I've actually gotten a few books finished up this week. Yipee!

10.5 City Lights: The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.8, Just the Facts Ma'am - non-fiction)
Task Total = 15

Task 20.6 Multicultural Season: Ghosts by César Aira (Argentina)
+20 Task
+5 Combo (20.1 Monsterfest Redux, Part A - Ghost as major character in the story)
+10 LiT (Spanish)
Task Total = 35

Task 20.8 Just the Facts Ma'am: Beowulf on the Beach: What to Love and What to Skip in Literature's 50 Greatest Hits by Jack Murnighan
+20 Task (No Style! Boo-hoo)
Task Total = 20

20.9 Scandinavian Noir: The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
+20 Task
+ 5 Series (#2 Millennium)
+10 LiT (Swedish)
+ 5 Jumbo
Task Total = 40

Total Points for this post = 110
Grand Total = 135

In Msg 184 --- Kathleen wrote: "This is my first ever post for RWS...let me know if I do something wrong!

Task 20.5 Freedom Season: Sullivan's Island by Dorothea Benton Frank

+20 Task (Set in South C..."

Perfect formatting. Thanks!! Welcome to the Reading with Style Challenge.

In Msg 180 -- Rachelccameron wrote: "Hey Krista,

Sorry about that...
I'm actually going to use it for 20.2 if thats okay? (I assume it is because you let Colleen use it for Combo points)

20.2 Banned Book Week: List A ; [book:In Cold..."

That works just fine. I've added this book and it's associated points to Task 20.2 in your scoring column. Thanks!

In Msg 178 -- Rachel wrote: "Since there are so many Rachels here, my readerboard name can be the same as on SRC: Rachel OH. This is my first task posting--I hope I did this right!

Task 10.2 Literature Map

Author for Map..."

Perfect post formating. Thanks! I'll show you as "Rachel (OH)" on the Readerboard. Welcome to the Reading w/Style Challenge!!

In Msg 173 -- Miss GP wrote: "Task #10.7: Under the Covers. Read a book from a Flashlight-worthy list.

The Book of Lost Things, by John Connolly, on the Fan Fiction for Adults: The Best in Parall...

Total for this task: 10
Total for the challenge to-date: 95 "

Grand Total = 115

In Msg 172 -- Miss GP wrote: "Task #20.7: Unification Season. Read a book published while the Berlin Wall was in existance.

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1985.

Task points: 20
Combo points: 5 (task 20.6, author from Columbia)
Series points: 0
Canon points: 0
Language points: 10 (originally published in Spanish)
Jumbo points: 0

Total for this task: 25
Total for the challenge to-date: 85
"

Total for this task: 35
Grand Total: 105

In Msg 175 -- Miss GP wrote: "Krista wrote: "Hi Miss GP: What type of traveler are you, Constant or Time Leaper? ....

My apologies, Krista! Can I start out as a Time Leaper and change later, if I happen to end up reading these in descending order?
..."

Per Sam's guidelines you need to declare what type of traveler you are when you post the first book.

(Excerpted from the RtT Guidelines: "3) Once you have completed you first Reading through Time task, you must designate yourself a "Constant Traveler" or a "Time Leaper".

No worries about asking the question!

In Msg 163 Allie wrote... 10.2 Literature Map (I mapped Stephenie Meyer: http://www.literature-map.com/stephenie+...)

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Lexile 800)

+10 task points
+ 5 series (The third installment of The Hunger Games series)

Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 225
"

Hi Allie: I'm adding 5 Combo points to your score. Suzanne Collins has a Fall birthday.

+5 Combo (Task 10.3, Fall Birthdays)

New Grand Total = 230

PS: To all challenge participants. This was a lucky catch on my part because of the freuqency of the use of this author for the combo task. Please don't rely on my to catch all the possible Style point combinations. If I see any extra points, I'll add them with an explanation -- but I don't have time to research everyone's titles. :-)

Shannon wrote: "Task 20.8 - Just the Facts Ma'am
Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran

20 task points

Total points: 55

Total Points = 70
(Additional 15 points added earlier for your first RtT task which you had originally claimed zero points for.)

In Msg 154 -- Rebekah wrote: "Task 20.1 Monster Redux
Ghostgirl: Lovesickby Tonya Hurley
There's no lexile score for this book yet but the other two books in this series were scored as 910 & 95....

Task total 25
Grand total 55 ..."

Task total 25
Grand total Total Points in this message = 55
Grand total = 105 (Total of all points posted so far in this challenge)

In Msg 152 - Dan wrote: "Task 20.5 "Freedom Season"

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

Book approved by Sam.

+20 Task
+10 Canon
I think that this book ought to be +5 Combo for 10.6, memoir about the author's career/profession, as it is about Douglass' life as a slave and then as an orator/abolitionist -- the first is a 'profession' given to him by birth, and the second one that he received along with freedom. I'll leave that combo up to the scorekeeper's discretion though.

So, either:
+35 Task
= 75 Grand Total

(or +30 Task, 70 Grand Total)
..."

Hi Dan: I think you make a credible case for the Combo points for Task 10.6. I'll allow it.

New Grand Total = 75