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

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

20.7 Local Talent

Fake ID by Lamar Giles

+20 Task (Giles was born in VA http://www.lamargiles.com/about/, where I live)
YA No Lexile

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 2185

10.10 Group Reads

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra

+10 Task
+5 Combo (20.2)

Task Total: 15
RwS Finish: 100
Mega Finish: 200
Grand Total: 2165

20.5 Otello (Minority)

Thorn's Challenge by Brenda Jackson

+20 Task (both narrators/main characters are African-American)
+5 Combo (20.8)

Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1850

20.8 Spring Fling

Bitter Night by Diana Pharaoh Francis

+20 Task (nIght)

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1825

20.1 Shakespeare's Birthday

King John by William Shakespeare

+20 Task
+25 Oldies
+10 Not-a-Novel
+10 Combo (10.2, 10.4)

Task Total: 65
Grand Total: 1805

20.8 Spring Fling

For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund

+20 Task (shOws, stArs)

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1740

Karen GHHS wrote: "And, also, a lot of the NYT books I wanted to read are also rated 5 stars by at least 1 member."

I was going to say... I would HOPE that NYT notable books were often highly rated, especially since it was a previous task so people were reading them.

20.1 Shakespeare's Birthday

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

+20 Task
+25 Oldies (pub. 1599)
+10 Combo (10.2, 10.4)
+10 Not-a-Novel

Task Total: 65
Grand Total: 1715

20.8 Spring Fling

Trust Me by Jeff Erno

+20 Task (trUst)
+5 Combo (10.5 – “When I was a teenager, coming out as gay seemed impossible to me, and because of the fact that I did not begin to openly acknowledge my sexual orientation until my twenties, I regretted my hypocrisy” http://www.reviewsbyjessewave.com/201...)

Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1650

Kate S wrote: "Cory (Bigler) '00-'05 wrote: "15.10 - 2009 – Independent Foreign Fiction Prize – Longlist –HHhH by Laurent Binet

+15 Task

Task Total: 15
EotP Completion Bonus: 15..."

Thanks! And thanks for finding some extra points for me too ;)

20.3 Venice

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

+20 Task (translated from Italian)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1972)

Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1615

20.8 Spring Fling

Someone To Watch Over Me by Lisa Kleypas

+20 Task (wAtch)

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1590

I'm also totally torn between double letter and one syllable. I suppose if I get to pick a task I could pick the loser for mine...

So many books in series I read are coming out over the summer. I'm also going to "Booktopia" for the Books on the Nightstand podcast/blog/Goodreads group and there are books to read for that. I'm trying to fit as many of those in as possible since I'll be reading them, points or not...

20.1 Shakespeare's Birthday

Henry VIII by William Shakespeare

+20 Task
+10 Not-a-Novel
+25 Oldies
+10 Combo (10.2, 10.4)

Task Total: 65
Grand Total: 1570

15.10 - 2009 – Independent Foreign Fiction Prize – Longlist –HHhH by Laurent Binet

+15 Task

Task Total: 15
EotP Completion Bonus: 150
Grand Total: 1505

10.4 Everyone Should Read

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (Lexile 880)

+10 Task
+15 Oldies (published 1847)

Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 1340

20.8 Spring Fling

Spark by Brigid Kemmerer

+20 Task (spArk)

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1315

20.8 Spring Fling

On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God by Louise Rennison

+20 Task (brIght)

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1295

15.9 - 1997 – Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography – Winner – Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt - Lexile 1110

+15 Task
+10 Multiple Prizes (Los Angeles Times Book Prize Biography)
+5 Not-a-Novel

Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1275

20.8 Spring Fling

Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev

+20 Task (stArs)

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1245