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

Katy’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

15.1 Blackjack

Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi

9 of clubs (title starts with N)
10 of clubs (published in 10s - 2019)

+15 Task
+5 Not fiction

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 60

20.8 My Cup of Tea

From Doon With Death by Ruth Rendell

This was the single book I started in the last season, in my unsuccessful attempt to finish CYOA! I'm not sure why I hadn't read any Ruth Rendell yet - she is right up my alley, as I like most of the well known female British mystery writers. I enjoyed this book - it felt like a very typical mystery, some twists I didn't catch right away, some clever characterization, some witty dialogue, but nothing particularly special. A fun read, that's it. However, I was reading an essay at the back of the book which describes Rendell's later work as really innovative, so I will probably read more.

+20 task (near-constant tea-drinking! Including "He finished his tea, crumpled his napkin and helped himself to a cigarette" on page 133)
+5 combo (20.10)
+5 oldies (pub 1964)
+10 review

Task Total: 40
Season Total: 40

How big a role does jail need to play? City of Thieves looks like it might work - they're "thrown in a cell"?

15.7 CYOA - C3 - Veteran author

Beginnings by Laurie R. King

+15 task (King has been publishing books since 1993)

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 510

10.4 Genius

Queenpin by Megan Abbott

+10 task (#249 on the list)
+15 combo (10.1 - Anika, 10.8, 20.3)
+10 female author

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 495

10.3 Revolution

City of Light by Lauren Belfer

+10 task
+10 combo (10.5, 20.3)
+10 female author
+5 jumbo (512 pages)

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 460

15.6 CYOA - A4 - Author double letter

A Lot Like Christmas: Stories by Connie Willis

+15 task

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 425

15.5 CYOA - A1 - 4 letters in author's name

The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West

+15 Task

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 410

10.7 Alphabet Soup

The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker

+10 task (G-T)

Task Total: 10
Season Total: 395

10.1 Five Star Reads

Night by Elie Wiesel

+10 task (Karen Michele)
+15 combo (10.2, 10.8, 20.6)
+10 Lost in Translation
+5 oldies - 1956

Task Total: 40
Season Total: 385

I'm reading City of Light right now, set in Buffalo, and it's really interesting!

15.4 CYOA C5

C5 - Author has worked as a journalist

I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney

+15 task (GR bio - former BBC journalist)

Task total: 15
Season Total: 340

15.3 CYOA A3

A3 - Author publishes with 3 names

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
Lexile 810

+15 task

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 325

15.2 CYOA C1

C1 - New to me author

Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch

+15 task

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 310

20.3 She Writes

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

+20 task (MC is Emira, a babysitter)
+15 combo (10.5, 10.9, 20.6 - racial discrimination is a big theme)
+10 female author

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 295

10.8 Single Word Title

Slay by Brittney Morris
Lexile 930

+10 task
+20 combo (10.5, 10.9, 20.3, 20.6 - much of the book is about racial discrimination in gaming)
+10 female author

Task Total: 40
Season Total: 260

10.10 Group Reads

There There by Tommy Orange

+10 task (winter 18-19 group read)
+20 combo (10.1 - Dana Resch; 10.5 - debut novel; 10.9 - pub 2018; 20.5)

Task Total: 30
Season Total: 220

Would There There work? https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/09/...

15.1 CYOA B5 - Author born in an Octoberfest country

How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny

+15 Task (author born in Canada)

Task Total: 15
Season Total: 190

20.5 Sense of Place

Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

+20 task (approved in help thread)
+15 combo (10.5, 10.9, 20.3)
+10 female author

Task Total: 45
Season Total: 175