Cory Day’s Comments (group member since Aug 18, 2012)

Cory Day’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

10.4 Scrabble

Painted Faces by L.H. Cosway

+10 Task (painted)
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/po...)

Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 500

10.9 Tried and True

Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs

+10 Task (Average rating: 4.23 · 715,842 ratings)

Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 485

Ok, two more I can claim for other tasks, but I may as well get extra points if they qualify for this:

Love Lessons (Love Lessons Series) - I've only read the first one, but reviews of the second make it quite clear that while the narrators change to a new couple, Kelly and Walter from Love Lessons are heavily involved in Fever Pitch. The third one isn't out yet, so I can't verify anything except that it's got different narrators, but the author's website calls it "The Love Lesson Series".

Against the Dark (The Associates) - I've again only read the first one, but the series follows a secretive group of spies known as The Associates. It doesn't look like there's a narrative arc spread through the series, but the hero of the second book is definitely a side character in the first. It looks as though other characters appear in multiple books as well. The author's webpage also calls it a series.

No big rush or deal on these - I'll claim them for 10.4 and if they qualify I'll ask Kate to shift them over to 20.2.

Thanks!!!

Katy wrote: "10.4 Scrabble!

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling

+10 task (hanging)
+10 not a novel (memoir)

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 295"

+5 Combo (10.8 - http://bookriot.com/2014/04/28/book-r...)

15.2 – European Union

Heat Trap by J.L. Merrow

+15 Task (A: Born in UK, B: British, C: Set entirely in England)

Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 475

I'm reading Dead Heat in the Alpha and Omega Series.

It's been a while since I'd read an installment, so I don't remember how many narrators there were in the first few books, but there are definitely NEW ones in this book. The main story across the whole series follows Anna and Charles, but this book at least has additional points of view besides the two of them (so far the unnamed 'big bad', Chelsea, and her husband at a minimum), and they're new characters that weren't in previous books since they aren't people Charles and Anna have ever met before.

Anyway, it already qualifies for 10.9, but for combo points I wondered if it counts. If it helps, I can try to look back and try to remember if previous volumes had narrators other than Charles and Anna - I have a feeling they did.

Karen Michele wrote: "Do you remember this one on any podcasts? I know it's been on Book Riot, but I don't remember if I saw it on any podcast lists. I can't find any other place where it would count:

[book:H is for Ha..."

Sorry, nothing clicked. Like you said, Book Riot the site mentioned it, but not the podcast.

Unfortunately, I listen to way more podcasts than we ended up listing, so sometimes a book will sound familiar but I've heard it or read it elsewhere...

Coralie wrote: "20.2 Series

A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin

+20 Task (Game of Thrones #3)
+10 Combo (10.5 – 2002, 10.9 – rating 4.35)
+15 prize-worthy (Locus, Geffen, Ignotus..."

+5 Combo (10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2013/...)

Claire wrote: "If any of you podcast experts come across a reference to either Girl in the Dark or After Birth, I'd love if you'd let me know…I just finished GITD and just started ..."

I didn't really recall either of them from a podcast, and did a quick search to confirm. However, since they're relatively new, they may yet be discussed. If I hear about either on future episodes I'll let you know!

10.8 Podcasts

Trust The Focus by Megan Erickson

+10 Task (http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/po...)

Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 460

10.5 Nebula

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

+10 Task (Nebula 2013)
+10 Combo (10.4 – justice; 10.8 - http://bookrageous.podbean.com/page/2/)
+15 Prize-Worthy (2013 Nebula, 2014 Hugo, 2014 Arthur C. Clarke, 2014 Locus, etc.)

Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 450

Karen Michele wrote: "Cory Day wrote: "Karen Michele wrote: "10.6 - Women's Ed:

The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.1 Rants and Raves (Theresa - October Lace, Fall ..."

I'm sure I'll miss some, but I'm amazed at the number I've caught!

Karen Michele wrote: "10.6 - Women's Ed:

The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

+10 Task
+ 5 Combo: 10.1 Rants and Raves (Theresa - October Lace, Fall 2014, 342)
+ 5 Jumbo (576)

Task Tota..."

+5 Combo (10.8 - http://bookbasedbanter.co.uk/thereade...)

20.2 Series

Something About You by Julie James

+20 Task (approved in help thread - FBI/US Attorney series)
+20 Combo (10.6 – J.D. - http://juliejames.com/about/, 10.8 - http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/po..., 10.9 - Average rating: 4.01 · 136,842 ratings, 20.6 – Mystery>Crime on book’s main page)

Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 415

20.3 Paris

The Chocolate Kiss by Laura Florand

+20 Task (set entirely in Paris except the couple paged epilogue)
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/20...)

Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 375

Liz M wrote: "Cory Day wrote: "I was just basing it off of Goodreads and the author's website (http://www.lauraflorand.com/?page_id=...), which calls it a series. Since I've only read one of the books, I'm not s..."

I did read the second book. I'm overall kind of confused about what qualifies for this and what doesn't, since at least one of the disqualified books had stronger ties than some others (I think, maybe). Anyway, the main characters in the second book of the Amour de Chocolat series don't appear by name in the first one (that I can recall). The main characters in the first book do show up off and on in the second, and the two books have some side characters in common. One side character in particular ends up moving the plot forward in both books. It also seems to be aiming to give a wide view of the (fictionalized) world of chocolates and other desserts in Paris. I'll let you figure out if that's enough of a connection, especially since I've still only read 2 of the books and probably won't read a third this season :)

They both definitely qualify for the Paris task, so it's really just combo points on the line regardless.

Liz M wrote: "And for Club Devant, since the third book is nowhere in sight (the first two were both published 2013), I am going to say it does not qualify as a series."

I did not notice that! Sorry!

Liz M wrote: "Cory Day wrote: "Ok, I'm starting to plan :) I think these should all qualify, but obviously they need approval...
The Penwich School for Virtuous Girls..."

Cory,

Have you read any of these? Wha..."

I haven't, and at this point I have plenty on my shelves to keep me occupied, so it's not really worth moving forward to see if it works. Thanks though!

Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "10.10 Group Reads

The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
Average rating: 3.98 · 368,884 ratings, read by LizM winter of 2015 & reviewed, PhD in Renaissance Studies

+10 Task
+2..."

+5 Combo (10.8 - http://bookriot.com/2014/06/23/book-r...)

In The Dark Horse, the main character references The Charioteer - he wants to act in a movie adaptation because of the book's profound influence on his life.