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

Krista’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Hi Rebekah: Lexile scores can be found at,

Lexile score website (www.lexile.com)

Miss GP wrote: "May I use Brooklyn for this task?"

Yep, this is fine. Brooklyn is a city with a US zipcode. :-)

colleen wrote: "Are series points limited to just one series or can you claim them for more than one series? Is something like the example below okay?

Example:
5 series style pts. for a Harry Potter book (20.2)
..."

Hi Colleen: I'm not sure if I understand your question. You can read as many books in as many different series as you like. You'll only get the incremental increase in Series Style points when you claim points for books in the SAME series. (Is that what you were asking?)

Quoted from the Series Style Point description: "Read a book to complete a task that is part of a series and receive 5 points. Read a book from that same series to complete another task and receive 10 points...and so on."


Using the example you provided above, each of those books would earn 5 Series Style points because they were from different series.

If you were able to work 2 or more books from the same series in then the Series points start going up.

For Example: (Using hypothetical task numbers)
10.1 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Book 1) = 5 Series Style Points

20.9 The Girl Who Played with Fire (Book 2) = 10 Series Points.

Let me know if you need more info, or if this wasn't really the thrust of your question.

In Msg 55 - Liz wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "well, if we take a hypothetical book then..If it met these tasks
1 South American Author
2.Fall Birthday
3.Banned Book
4. with the word "witch" in the title

How many combo points w..."

Perfect explanation Liz, thanks!

In Msg 50 --- Rebekah wrote: "...I'm a goofy, alright!..."

Ah, a reader close to my own style! :-)

Hi Rebekah: I'm not sure if you still have a points posting question now that the book title has been straightened out. Please post a new message if you still have a question.

Thanks! -Krista

In Msg 41 -- Katie wrote: "...20.7 Unification Season: Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number by Jacobo Timerman (published in 1981, Israeli* author)

+20 Task
+10 LiT (translated from Spanish)

Task Total = 30

Grand Total = 55

*This author has multiple possible nationalities (see message 22 in 20.7 help thread). I've chosen Israel because that was his nationality when he wrote the book...and also he was an enthusiastic Zionist who probably thought of himself as Israeli. Please let me know if you think he should be classified differently, as it will probably affect my plan for combo points.
..."

Okay, I've added this as an Isreali author in your column.

Miss GP wrote: "Reading through Time task 15.1: In the Time of the Butterflies

Task points 15

Challenge points to date: 40"

Hi Miss GP: What type of traveler are you, Constant or Time Leaper?

Also if you could remember to include the date range for the task number, and the book's original publication year when claiming RtT points, that will save me some time when posting the points.

I think I'm going to need all the time I can get with all the new participants this season. :-) Thanks!

Liz wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Can the word "Spirits" be used for "ghosts"? as in The House of the Spiritsor Dixie Spirits: True Tales of the Strange and Supernatural in the South?"

As..."

Liz is right. The word "Ghost" doesn't have to appear in the title. For Parts A & B it's not an approved title word. For Part C - a ghost has to be a main character in the plot. (See Sam's Msg #19)

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "How do you feel about "The Joy Luck Club" for this task? It was published in 1989. The boy takes place partly in Japan and partly in the US. I think the author is US author."

Amy Tan is an American author. The book was published during the years allowed for the task, so it can be used for this task. It will count as a book from an American author. If you repeat this task, you cannot use another book by an author from the US.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Ok, question about Series Style Points. Does the book you read have to be the first in the series, or the first you read for the challenge? If any series book, can the book you read later be an ear..."

Hi Elizabeth: I'm not Sam...but I think it's okay for the Series style points to claim points for books in the middle of a series. As long as it's part of a series then it counts for the Series Style points.

Not only might you start reading a book from the middle of a series, but you might have read earlier books in the series before this challenge started.

Liz wrote: "Well, Ishiguro is definitely Japanese, but goodreads says "British novelist". I'll wait for Sam's judgment.
Dun Dun Dun... ;)"

I can tell you though that Ishiguro has a Fall birthday. (11/8/1954)

Liz wrote: "I just finished a book by Kazuo Ishiguro. I'm wondering if he 'counts' as Japanese or British for the purposes of this task. Help?"

I'm going to let Sam make the ruling on this one. :-)

Liz wrote: "20.6 – Multicultural Season: Three Trapped Tigers by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

+20 Task
+15 Combo (20.7 - pub. 1965 Cuban author; 10.1 - "Tigers" in title; 10.8 - moo..."

Liz, how did you like this book? I too found this is my searches for likely reading candidates for Task 10.1, but I couldn't tell much about it from the GR blurb. At least my library has a copy of it. I'd be interested to hear what you thought about it. Thanks!

Karen GHHS wrote: ,,,I'm finding those combo points more challenging this time so far! ..."

I agree! I'm looking for more foreign books this challenge so I can get those 10 LiT Style points. I don't think that I'm going to do RtT unless folks post some interesting books that I haven't read yet for the early book eras. So all the other Style points become more important.

Karen GHHS wrote: "Krista wrote: "Sam wrote: "Krista wrote: "Sam, did you approve 'Demon', 'Demon(s)' for Part B -- or was it only the one book that you gave a dispensation for? See Msgs 2 & 3.

Thanks!"

No, I jus...

(From Karen GHHS) But Krista, I'm using a book with demon for the football task - it's one of the team names!..."

Ah so wise! I'm always on the lookout for those elusive Combo points. Can't claim Combo points for "Demon" and task 20.1. Thanks for the reminder that we can use "Demon" for task 10.1.

Task 20.4: Harvest Season (Vegetable in title) - Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn (Author's Birthday: 10/22/56)

You were right again Donna Jo, I LOVED this clever little book! I gave it 5 stars.

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.3, Fall B-Day)

Task Total = 20
Grand Total = 20

In Msg 26 -- Deana wrote: "Task 10.5 City Lights

I read Turkey Day Murder by Leslie Meier.
There are at least 3 cities in the U.S. named "Turkey". One of them is Turkey, Texas (http://turkeytexas.net/).
...
**Even though this is a series, I cannot claim the series bonus because it is for the same task, correct? ..."

Correct. If you found a different task for this book (not easy, I know) then you'd earn 10 Series style points because you've already claimed Series style points for 1 book in this series.

Kiri wrote: "15.10 Reading Through Time -- 1500-1550
Utopia by Thomas More (1516) 312pp.

15 points (Constant Traveler Passport)

I'm not sure if we give these any other points even though many would fit for canon and LiT. "

Nope, no Canon, LiT etc. points. However, as a Constant Traveler, you'll receive a 10 point bonus per book for books 2-10 read in chronological sequence in the time series.

In Msg 14 -- Liz wrote: "There appears to be two Liz's in the challenge.
I can be Liz Vegas if it's easier.
..."
Yes, that would be a help. That's how I'll show you on the Readerboard. Thanks, -Krista

+20 pt task
+5 combo (10.5 - Stockett's only book)

= 30 pts task total

RwS grand total: 45 points

Oops, a little math error in this message.
Total Task points = 25 (not the 30 shown)
Grand Total = 40