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

Katy’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

10.3 Naughty

A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King

+10 task (pub 1993)
+5 combo (20.4) not claiming 20.9 b/c this is a reread
+5 oldies

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 805

15.9 Fabulous Firsts

Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City by Wes Moore

F - W

+20 Task
+5 NF

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 780

15.8 Fabulous Firsts

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
880 Lexile

Y - L

+15 Task

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 755

20.8 Queen of Short Fiction

In the Company of Sherlock Holmes edited by Laurie R. King

+20 task (collection of short stories, mystery genre, based on Sherlock Holmes)
+15 combo (10.2, 20.4? - female editor, crime MPG - 20.9 - 2nd in series of stories inspired by Holmes canon - 5 books in series so far)

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 740

10.9 Pub Trivia

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

+10 task (cabernet - thE ThursdAy murdER CluB richard osmaN)

Task Total: 10
Season Total: 700

10.7 Codebreakers

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

+10 task (book is all about codebreakers at Bletchley Park in WWII)
+10 combo (10.2, 20.7 - maybe? - Dilly Knox, Alan Turing, Commander Travis, Prince Phillip, a young Queen Elizabeth, and others are key characters in the book and real people)

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 690

15.7 Fabulous Firsts

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

R - G

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season Total: 670

15.6 Fabulous Firsts

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee

T-H

+15 Task
+5 NF

Post Total: 20
Season Total: 655

15.5 Fabulous Firsts

Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History by Katy Tur

U - K

+15 Task
+5 nonfiction

Task Total: 20
Season: 635

10.9 Pub Trivia

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

+10 task (cabernet - lEgeNdBoRN TrACy deonn)

Task Total: 10
Season Total: 615

10.2 Name

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo

+10 task
+5 combo (10.9 - merlot - MEdiOcRe Legacy whiTe)

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 605

20.10 Family

The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis

+20 task (dual timeline, grandmother and granddaughter)

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 590

20.3 Opposites

The Witch Elm by Tana French

+20 task (female author, male protagonist)
+15 combo (10.2, 20.4, 20.10 - 4 adult siblings and their respective families are the central characters)
+5 jumbo (528 pages)

Task Total: 40
Season Total: 570

20.7 Real Person

The Midnight Watch: A Novel of the Titanic and the Californian by David Dyer

+20 task (Herbert Stone and Stanley Lord, main characters in the book, were the actual captain/second officer of the Californian during the Titanic sinking)
+10 combo (10.2, 10.9 if subtitle counts - merlot - m in midnight, e in dyer, r in dyer, l in novel, o in Californian, t in watch)

Task Total: 30
Season Total: 530

10.9 Pub Trivia

Girls with Bright Futures by Tracy Dobmeier

+10 task (lambic - l in girls, a in tracy, m in dobmeier, b in bright, i in girls, c in tracy)

Task Total: 10
Season Total: 500

10.9 Pub Trivia

All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership by Darcy Lockman

+10 task (kahlua - k in Lockman, a in all, h in mothers, L in all, u in equal, a in rage)

Task Total: 10
Season Total: 490

15.4 Fabulous Firsts

Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel

D-S

+15 Task

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 480

15.3 Fabulous Firsts

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

O - A

+15 Task
+5 jumbo (517 pages)

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 455

15.2 Fabulous Firsts

Network Effect by Martha Wells

N - M

+15 Task

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 435

20.4 Crime

The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths

+20 task
+15 combo (10.2, 10.9 - riesling in thE StraNGeR dIarIes eLly, 20.9 - 2 books in series out now, looks like more to come)

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 420