Cory Day’s
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(group member since Aug 18, 2012)
Cory Day’s
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from the Reading with Style group.
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10.9 - Diverse GenresMiss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League by Jonathan Odell
+10 Task (historical fiction, main characters almost all African-American)
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 465
20.8 - ComedyFearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
+20 Task (shelved as comedy 109 times)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 455
15.7 – 10-20 – Time Traveler Stone Maiden by Ann Aguirre
+15 Task
+10 Time Traveler Bonus
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 435
15.6 – 10-20 – Time TravelerVamped by David Sosnowski
+15 Task
+10 Time Traveler Bonus
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 410
15.5 – 10-20 – Time TravelerStory House by Timothy Taylor
+15 Task
+10 Time Traveler Bonus
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 385
20.5 - Post-ColonialThe Heart of Redness by Zakes Mda
+20 Task (shelved 3 times as post-colonial)
+10 Non-Western
+10 Combo (10.7 – goes back and forth from the mid-1800s to early 2000s, 10.9 – historical fiction)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 350
20.7 - Jumbo BooksThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
+20 Task (#273)
+10 Jumbo (771 pages)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 310
10.2 - SubtitlesTransforming Cities and Minds Through the Scholarship of Engagement: Economy, Equity, and Environment by Lorlene Hoyt
+10 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel (non-fiction)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 280
15.4 – 10-20 – Time TravelerDevil May Cry by Sherrilyn Kenyon
+15 Task
+10 Time Traveler Bonus
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 250
Liz M wrote: "Cory,Your second plan will also be fine as soon as you correct the typo on the pub. year for Gods Behaving Badly (2007, not 2008)."
Done, thanks!
10.10 - Group ReadsThree Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.9, 20.6)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 225
15.3 – 10-20 – Time Traveler(Skipped Midnight Riot due to library hold)
The Amazing Absorbing Boy by Rabindranath Maharaj
+15 Task
+10 Time Traveler Bonus
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 205
Here's my second plan, just so you guys have the most time to approve it. Time-Traveler Plan (birth dates 1974-1978):
(p. 2015) Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire (b. 1978)
(p.2014) The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison - pen name of Sarah Monette (b. 1974)
(p. 2013) Beauty from Surrender by Georgia Cates (b. 1975)
(p. 2012) A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash (b. 1977)
(p. 2011) A Lot Like Love by Julie James (b. 1974)
(p. 2009) Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy (b. 1975)
(p. 2008) The Affinity Bridge by George Mann (b. 1978)
(p. 2007) Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips (b. 1976)
(p. 2004) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists by Gideon Defoe (b. 1975)
(p. 2003) The Goose Girl (Lexile 870) by Shannon Hale (b. 1974)
10.3 - TwistsThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
+10 Task (#23 on list)
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 180
15.2 - 10-20 - Time Traveler Greatshadow by James Maxey
+15 Task
+10 Time Traveler Bonus
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 170
20.1 - Every 25 Years The Sandalwood Princess by Loretta Chase
+20 Task (pub. 1990)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1990)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 145
20.2 - AwardsHousekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
+20 Task (Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1982)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 120
Eleanor wrote: "would a genre novel written by Diana Gabaldon work? apparently she's of Mexican-American descent"I didn't know that, but according to her website her "ancestry is both English and Mexican-American (well, “Hispanic,” let us say, or latino, as you prefer..." That fits under the definition I mentioned before.
