Katy’s Comments (group member since Aug 04, 2010)

Katy’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

20.3 POV

The Night Shift by Alex Finlay

+20 task (multiple including Ella, Chris, and Keller)
+5 combo (10.4)

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 775

10.2 Albright Sisters

Engaging Children: Igniting a Drive for Deeper Learning by Ellin Oliver Keene

+10 task

Task Total: 10
Season Total: 750

20.3 POV

What Have We Done by Alex Finlay

+20 task (multiple POVs from all 4 main characters)
+5 combo (10.4)

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 740

10.9 Quilting

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

+10 task (chain)
+5 combo (20.3)

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 715

20.9 Non-Fiction

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich

+20 Task - Voices of Utopia series
+10 Non-Western - born in Ukraine and citizen of Belarus
+20 Combo: 10.3, 10.4, 20.3, 20.6--Nobel Prize for Literature
+5 Series

Task Total: 55
Season Total: 700

20.10 Uncommon Letter

Red Bones by Ann Cleeves

+20 task (Jimmy Perez is the main character)
+15 combo (10.3, 20.3, 20.6)
+15 series (#3 in the Shetland Island series - first 2 already claimed for tasks 20.3 and 20.6)

Task Total: 50
Season Total: 645

20.3 POV

The Singapore School of Villainy by Shamini Flint

+20 task (told from POV of a whole cast of characters)
+5 combo (10.4)
+10 nonwestern (author is Malaysian)
+5 series (Inspector Singh Investigates series)

Task Total: 40
Season Total: 595

20.4 Sub-Continent

The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

+20 task (set entirely in India)
+5 combo (10.4)

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 555

10.4 3, 4, 5

Beyond Literary Analysis by Allison Marchetti

+10 task

Season Total: 530

10.3 Discworld

Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire

+10 task (#4 in the Incryptid series)
+10 combo (10.5, 20.10 - major character is Alex)
+20 series (fourth book claimed in series)

Task Total: 40
Season Total: 520

20.8 Real Fiction

The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

+20 task (Dr. Kathleen Lynn in the GR description is a real person - and a very interesting one!)
+10 combo (10.4, 10.9 - star)

Task Total: 30
Season Total: 480

20.3 POV

City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita

+20 task (multiple POVs including Cara, Joe, Lonnie, Amy...)
+5 combo (10.4)

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 450

20.1 Modernist

The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck

+20 task
+15 combo (10.4, 10.7 - born 1902, 20.6 - Nobel 1962)
+10 oldies (pub 1942)

Task Total: 45
Season Total: 425

20.10 Uncommon Letter

Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire

+20 task (main character is Alex Price)
+10 combo (10.3 - Incryptid series; 10.5)
+15 series (#3 posted in Incryptid series)

Task Total: 45
Season Total: 380

20.6 Award

White Nights by Ann Cleeves

+20 Task (2017 CWA Diamond Dagger) https://thecwa.co.uk/past-winners?pas...
+15 Combo (10.3, 20.3 - multiple storytellers, 20.10 - Perez)
+10 Series (Shetland Island series #2 - posted book 1 just above)

Task total: 45
Season Total: 335

20.3 POV

Raven Black by Ann Cleeves

+20 Task (Told from multiple POVs including Jimmy Perez, Fran, and Magnus)
+15 Combo (10.3, 20.6 - Ann Cleeves on list for 2017 CWA Diamond Dagger, 20.10 - Perez)
+ 5 Series (Shetland Island series #1)

Task total: 40
Season Total: 290

He may already be on the list since he has a Nobel but John Steinbeck - 1962 Nobel Prize for Lit.

20.10 Uncommon Letter

Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King

+20 task (main character is named Raquel Laing - Q)
+15 combo (10.4, 20.3 - multiple POVs throughout book, 20.6 - Edgar Grand Master award, on list!)

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 250

10.4 3, 4, 5

Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire

+10 task
+15 combo (10.3 - Incryptid series, 10.5, 20.3 - part of book told through Sarah's POV, the rest through Verity's)
+10 series (2nd book I've posted in the Incryptid series)

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 215

10.1 New Horizons

Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls by Kathleen Hale

+10 task

Task total:10
Season Total: 180