Sam’s Comments (group member since Jul 23, 2010)

Sam’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Liz wrote: "Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "I am currently reading "The Passion of Artemisia" which is about the painter Artemisia Gentileschi. It is a fictional story based on a real person. It tells of her l..."

What Liz said.

Liz wrote: "I am currently reading East of Eden- Epic book which I feel farm life plays a significant role. Will this book be allowed for this task?

Thanks!"

Yes.

colleen wrote: "For a work with multiple authors, Is it allowable to use any of them for claiming task points or combo points for 10.2 Literature Map and/or 10.3 Fall birthdays? Maybe just use the author listed f..."

All the authors would have to be born in the fall or all be on your chosen literature map.

Yes, regardless of which list you use to complete the task itself, you can use each list once to claim for combo points.

Dan wrote: "Would Frederick Douglass' memoir, count? Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, count?

It seems to me to fit the spirit of the task."

Yes

RtT - Constant Traveler
15.10 (1501-1550): The Prince - Machiavelli (1532)

+15
Task Total = 15

RwS
20.2 (Banned Book): Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling (Lexile 980)

+20 Task
+10 Combo (20.1 "Deathly," 10.2 Stephenie Meyer Lit Map)
+5 Series (Harry Potter)
+10 Jumbo (759 pages)
Task Total = 45

20.6 (Multicultural): Monsieur Pain - Roberto Bolano (Chilean)

+20 Task
+10 LiT (Spanish)
Task Total = 30

New Points = 90
Grand Total = 110

Rebekah wrote: "I used Charles Dickens for my literature map. It gave a list of a bunch of names, including just the name "Dickens" I clicked on that hoping I would only get last nemaes because it is so hard to re..."

Use the map with his full name. Those authors will be the ones you can use for that task.

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Rebekah wrote: "Ok. I really had wanted to read in order from the earliest to the most modern anyway for the very reason you said. I'll try to find it a home in RwS. But if not, I still got to read a classic I've ..."

Are you talking about Madame Bovary? If so, it's on the Flashlight Worthy list "John Irving's 10 Favorite Books."

Donna Jo wrote: "I am contemplating reading The Boke of Duke Huon of Burdeux for 15.10 if I can count the publication date of its English translation by Lord Berners(1534). It is of a translation of a 1513 French ..."

That's fine.

Yes to "dead" when used as an adjective.

No to "blood."

Yes to "The Turn of the Screw."

No to "shade" w/o further explanation of why the book is appropriate for the task.

Liz wrote: "Well, Ishiguro is definitely Japanese, but goodreads says "British novelist". I'll wait for Sam's judgment.
Dun Dun Dun... ;)"

British.

Task 10.2: Literature Map - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Literature Map = Stephenie Meyer)

+10 Task
+5 Combo (10.3, B-Day 11/21)
+5 Series (Hunger Games #3)

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 20

(There's no Lexile for Mockingjay, but the first book in the series has a score of 810.)

Rachel wrote: "Just wondering-- can "undead" work for part B? I'd like to read Handling the Undead and it's about zombies."

It has to be word "zombie"...sorry. I checked Google Translator just to be sure, but it appears there are two separate words for "undead" and "zombie" in Swedish.

Dan wrote: "Would "Cat's Cradle" by Vonnegut count? Also a question of possessive form."

Yes

Julie wrote: "Christina Gonzalez actually grew up in florida but her parents were cuban and at this link http://www.christinagonzalez.com/abou... she claims to have grown up "in a cu..."

I don't think that will work.

Julia wrote: "Okay. I am new to the Flashlight Worthy website.

I found a list that has "The Complete Harry Potter Series" but I was wondering if that even counts as a list?"

I noticed that one as well...I suppose it would count.

Liz wrote: "Jennifer wrote:
"Roots or Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Candide or Candide, or Optimism"

Does it really count as a different title if one of the titles contains the other title?"

That's a good point; what I'm most concerned about is whether or not the books have truly been published under two different titles. For example, I have editions of the following books that have the shorter title on the spine and the longer title on the title page:

Frankenstein
The Hobbit
Moby Dick
Candide
Brideshead Revisited
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Oliver Twist

I'm not going to say flat-out "no" to all books with subtitles, but I do believe that most of them won't work.

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"