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

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

15.8 (2nd round) – AtA:

Devil's Luck by Carolyn Crane (32,000 words)

+30 Task

Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1855

10.10 Group Reads

The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić

+10 Task
+5 Multiple
+10 Canon
+15 Combo (10.2, 20.2, 20.10)

Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 1825

15.7 (2nd round) – AtA:

Mark of the Demon by Diana Rowland

+25 Task

Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1785

15.6 (2nd round) – AtA:

A Trace of Moonlight by Allison Pang

+25 Task

Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1760

15.5 (2nd round) – AtA:

Glimmerglass by Jenna Black (Lexile 880)

+25 Task

Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1735

10.8 Summer Birthday
Byrd by Kim Church

+10 Task (born August 7)
+5 Combo (10.9 – published 2014)
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1710

20.9 Fathers' Day (set 1904-1954)

Guests on Earth by Lee Smith

+20 Task (set 1936-1948)
+5 Combo (10.9 – published 2013)
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1690

20.6 Unfinished

Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe

+20 Task (#161 on list)
+5 Jumbo (644 pages)
+5 Multiple
+10 Combo (10.2 - Max Karpovets rated it 5 stars, 20.9 – set mainly in Eugene’s remembered lifetime - ~1906-1918)

Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 1660

15.4 (2nd round) – AtA:

The Becoming by Jeanne C. Stein

+20 Task

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1620

15.3 (2nd round) – AtA:

A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix

+20 Task

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1600

10.1 Instant Replay

Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase

+10 Task (1996 RITA for best historical)
+5 Combo (10.3 – born 1949)
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1580

20.4 Action

Above Suspicion by Helen MacInnes

+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.4 – maciNNes, 20.9 – set 1939)
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 1560

20.7 Call and Response

The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn

+20 Task (Response to Kindred – approved by Jama in help thread)
+5 Combo (10.4 – luNN)
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1525

20.9 Fathers' Day (set 1904-1954)

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon

+20 Task (set >90% 1930-1931)
+5 Combo (10.9 – published 2014)
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1495

10.9 Hot off the Press

This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash

+10 Task
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 1465

10.9 Hot off the Press

One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva

+10 Task
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 1450

I'm not sure about this one - Kindred and The Root Cellar.

Both begin in the 20th century - 1976 and 1983 - and deal with a female traveling back and forth in time into the 19th century - 1815-1830ish and 1862-1865. Both have minimal control over their time shifts but are tied to a specific male in the past. The first deals directly with slavery; the second deals more generally with the Civil War.

20.1 Tea

The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye

+20 Task (born in India)
+20 Jumbo (958 pages)
+10 Combo (10.2 - Sally rated it 5 stars, 10.8 – born in August)

Task Total: 50
RwS Finish: 100
Mega Finish: 200
Grand Total: 1435

15.2 (2nd round) – AtA:

Shaman Rises by C.E. Murphy

+20 Task

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1085

20.8 Nature

Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit by Daniel Quinn

+20 Task (shelved 22 times as nature)
+5 Multiple
+10 Combo (10.2 - Josalin rated it 5 stars, 10.4 – quiNN)

Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 1065