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

Krista’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

In Msg 13 - Rhea wrote: "Task 10.5 City Lights: Persians/Seven against Thebes/Suppliants/Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus ('Thebes' is a city.)

+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.9, 'Suppliants' is also titled Suppliant Women or The Suppliant Maidens)
+5 Series (All of these plays are single parts of tragic trilogies)
+10 Canon
+10 LiT (Ancient Greek)

Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 40
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Perfect formatting for the point tally. Thanks so much!

In Msg 12 Kiri wrote: "10.3 (Fall Birthdays 18 Oct 1944): The Bastard Prince (The Heirs of Saint Camber #3) by Katherine Kurtz (1994) 421pp. (combo: Rtt?) (series: The Heirs of Saint Cambo...

If I understand scoring this time Reading Through Time is totally separate from the rest of the RwS scoring. If not then it will work for a combo - eventually. please advise. Although since I'd like to do the constant traveler this won't be used. I'd just like to know. p.s. yes I'm nearly back.. and nearly done with my first completed meal in *cough* :D Let the reading commence!
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Hi Kiri -- yes your understanding of RtT is correct. It's kind of a challenge within a challenge. Books read for the RwS tasks can't earn combo points for any RtT tasks.

Julie wrote: "Krista wrote: "I guess given the logic I applied for 10.2, then it would seem that it would be okay to use an American author for Task 20.7, and use a second American author (whose book was publish..."

Liz's answer in Msg 9 is correct:

(Excerpted from her message.)
"The only way you get to repeat the nationality is by claiming it for different types of points -- once for the task points, once for combo points."

Liz wrote: "Julie wrote: "So can we do the same thing if we repeat 20.7 itself and reuse a country? In other words, can we do US 1982 and US 1976 for example? Or does this rule only apply for combo points?"

I believe you only get to repeat a country if it is used for different purposes. When claiming task 20.7, you can't use an American author twice. When claiming 20.7 as combo points, you can't use an American author twice. The only way you get to repeat the nationality is by claiming it for different types of points -- once for the task points, once for combo points.
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Yep, Liz's explanation is correct. But perhaps that is just too complicated to keep straight. Should we just limit it to one author per country regardless of the type of points claimed?

Copied from Task 10.2 Help Folder (Msg 8)

re: claiming Combo Style points using this task.

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Oh yeeesh, this is starting to get complicated, isn't it? Okay --- let's step through this using the verbiage from Task 20.7:

"You may repeat this task as many times as you like, but each time you repeat it you should read a book by an author from a different country and year than the one(s)...."

I guess given the logic I applied for 10.2, then it would seem that it would be okay to use an American author for Task 20.7, and use a second American author (whose book was published in a different year than the book you used for Task 20.7) ONCE when claiming Combo points for Task 20.7.

Here's an example of how this might work:

Task 20.7: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (US Author, Published 1962)

Task 20.8 (Non-Fiction Book): In Cold Blood (US Author, Published 1966)
+5 Combo Points Task 20.7 (US Author, publ 1966)
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After you claimed thee Combo points shown above, no other US authors coud be used for Combo points for Task 20.7.

Does that make sense?

I'm going to count on you guys to PLEASE provide complete explanations when claiming all points for these tasks as I can see this season is going to be a doozy!

Hi Rachel Lee:

I just scanned some of the books in my Read shelf, and I've come up with a few more titles for you.

The Beet Queen
The Bean Trees
The Milagro Beanfield War

The Persian Pickle Club
Alice's Tulips (+ Civil War combo)
Feather Crowns
All Over Creation
Gap Creek
Cane River
A Painted House
Ethan Frome

Jennifer wrote: "Melissa W wrote: "can we count books such as The Prince and Candide for translation points?"

Hi Melissa.

From the rules for Reading through Time:
"2) You cannot claim regular style points for any..."


Hi Melissa: Jennifer is correct. If you are using these books for RtT tasks then they won't get Lost in Translation (LiT) Style points.

However, if you're reading them for the RwS Tasks (10 and 20 point tasks) then they will qualify for LiT points.

Liz wrote: "Does every bool read (besides those claimed for reading through time) earn some sort of jumbo style points? The way im reading it looks like books up to 500 pages earns 5 extra style points - am..."


Hi Liz: Minimum book length for Jumbo points is 500 pages. Books 500 pages or more earn 5 style points. From there the Jumbo style points go up based on the length of the book.

Rachelccameron wrote: "I'm reading Prom Nights from Hell with contributions from Meg Cabot, Stephenie Meyer, Lauren Miracle, Kim Harrison and Michele Jaffe.

3 of the 5 authors have never contributed to another anthology so I was wondering if I could count combo points with 10.4 One Hit Wonders? ..."

I'm tending towards 'No' on the One Hit Wonder combo points, but I'll let Sam have the final say on this one.

Katie wrote: "Krista wrote: "I'm okay with using an author for task 10.2, and then using the same author ONCE for Combo points.

Technically it you are using the author twice, but this seems to be in keeping w..."

Oh yeeesh, this is starting to get complicated, isn't it? Okay --- let's step through this using the verbiage from Task 20.7:

"You may repeat this task as many times as you like, but each time you repeat it you should read a book by an author from a different country and year than the one(s)...."

I guess given the logic I applied for 10.2, then it would seem that it would be okay to use an American author for Task 20.7, and use a second American author (whose book was published in a different year than the book you used for Task 20.7) ONCE when claiming Combo points for Task 20.7.

Here's an example of how this might work:

Task 20.7: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (US Author, Published 1962)

Task 20.8 (Non-Fiction Book): In Cold Blood (US Author, Published 1966)
+5 Combo Points Task 20.7 (US Author, publ 1966)
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After you claimed thee Combo points shown above, no other US authors coud be used for Combo points for Task 20.7.

Does that make sense?

I'm going to count on you guys to PLEASE provide complete explanations when claiming all points for these tasks as I can see this season is going to be a doozy!

I'm okay with using an author for task 10.2, and then using the same author ONCE for Combo points.

Technically it you are using the author twice, but this seems to be in keeping with the spirit of the task. Once for the Task, and once for Style points.

Arow wrote: "My question is concerning claiming combo points for 10.2 when completing other tasks. Can you claim combo points for the same author twice or are you only allowed to claim combo points once.

Exam..."

Hi Arow, your question makes sense to me. Since the task states that you can only use an author once when claiming points for the task, I'm going to say --- No --- you can't claim combo points for this task using the same author.

In the example you gave above, you could only claim combo points for Task 10.2 for one of the Harry Potter books you read.

Thanks,
-Krista

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: ...
[The Indian Bride has been published as Calling Out for You. Karin Fossum was born 11/6/1954, and this book is also a combo with Scandinavian Noir. ..."

Ooh, this one sounds good. I'll have to delve into it a little deeper. Thanks Elizabeth!

I found one! Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally was originally published as 'Schindler's Ark' in Australia.

And as an added bonus this author was born in the fall. (Combo points for task 10.3!)

Keep those suggestions coming! I'm glad for the help with this one as it has me a little stumped.

I did look as a copy of 'Little Bee' in the bookstore last night. It looked interesting, I may use that for this task. But I'm on the frugal side of the book buying scale, and I didn't want to shell out the $14.95 sales price. Sigh, I'll get in queue for it at the library. (And enjoy spending my $14.95 elsewhere...) :-)

Here's a place to gather all those links that could be helpful for this quarter's challenge. Feel free to add whatever you think will benefit the group.

For example, this is a perfect spot for Kiri's Lexile Score spreadsheet, and the Author's Fall Birthday's Spreadsheet. It also might be helpful to put a sample scoring spreadsheet out here so new challenge particpants can review to see how the concepts of this challenge's scoring scheme can be captured in a spreadsheet.

Cait wrote: "Krista wrote: "Elsewhere

Does anyone know if this would work for Part C, a Ghost Story?

It's told from the perspective of a dead 15 year-old girl, but I'm not sure if she'd be consi..."

Gotcha, thanks! (Striking it off the list of possible titles now...)

Yep, we can do that. You'll probably have more folks selecting the new title as part of the Group Reads. :-)

I'm going to let Sam make the actual change on the Group Reads section of the site.

Welcome to the Fall 2010 Reading with Style Challenge.

This folder is now open for posting of Completed Tasks.

Participants, start your reading! :-)

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 just approved that particular book because it had also been translated as "Devils"
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Oh drat, that's what I was afraid of. Back to the drawing board! :-)