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

Katy’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

20.3 Post-Modern

The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories by Connie Willis

+20 task
+5 combo (10.2 - not sure if this would count! Let me know if you think it doesn't!)
+10 not-a-novel (short stories)

Task Total: 35

Grand Total: 535

20.5 Post-Colonial

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

+20 task (shelved post-colonial 6 times)
+10 combo (10.9 - listed on genre page as historical fiction, author and main characters are both people of color; 20.6 - published 2003, author born in 1977 so she was 26 when the book was published)
+10 non-Western

Task Total: 40

Grand Total: 500

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "That will be fine, Katy. It would be helpful if you would edit your plan, and thank you. (And I hope you enjoy Fingersmith - I liked it!)"

Thanks, Elizabeth! I saw your review and that pushed me in the direction of Fingersmith over another to fill the slot.

So I've run into a bit of trouble with the last book in my original plan. I checked it for YA and saw that it was not shelved at BPL at all, so not a problem. However, it turns out that this book was published both as Noughts & Crosses (what I searched) and Naughts & Crosses, which IS shelved as YA in BPL and doesn't have a high enough Lexile.

So, I'll need to switch it out -- I think if I cross that off the list and replace it with Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (published 2002, author born 1966) that should work fine without creating any additional problems. Is this ok? Should I update my post in the other thread?

20.7 Jumbo Books

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

+20 task - #77 on list
+5 combo (20.3)
+25 jumbo (1139 pages)

Task total: 50
Grand Total: 460

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Katy, you're good to go on your most recent plan. I don't know whether Liz will have time to update the approval post - her life has gotten a bit hectic."

Thanks, Elizabeth!

I'm actually going to finish Time Traveler #1, it seems...first time for everything! So here's my #2:

Birth Years 1936 - 1955

2015 - Dreaming Spies by Laurie R. King (born 1952 - link here)

2012 - The Vanishing Point by Val McDermid (born 1955)

2010 - Cure by Robin Cook (born 1940)

2003 - Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (born 1955 - link here)

2000 - Murder in Belleville by Cara Black (born 1951 - link here)

1997 - Straight Man by Richard Russo (born 1949)

1994 - The Alienist by Caleb Carr (born 1955)

1990 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (born 1942)

1989 - A Time to Kill by John Grisham (born 1955 - link here)

1988 - Night Soldiers by Alan Furst (born 1941)

20.8 A Funny Story

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
shelved 55 times as "comedy"

+20 task

Task Total: 20

Grand Total: 410

15.9 10-20 Time Traveler

Devil's Peak by Deon Meyer
born 1958, published 2004

+15 task
+10 bonus

Task Total: 25

Grand Total: 390

10.8 Summertime Heat

How to Start a Fire by Lisa Lutz

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 365

15.8 10-20 Time Traveler

Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
pub. 2008, born 1962

+15 pts - Task
+10 pts - Bonus

Task Total: 25

Grand Total: 355

In A Thousand Cuts:

The Hobbit
The Da Vinci Code
The Book of Three

Rebekah wrote: "Do you all like to read about places you are visiting as part of the trip?"

I love doing that! I've started traveling quite a bit for work, especially in the summers, and I try to read books set in or about the places I go - some are harder to find than others! I also like to try to visit independent bookstores and/or libraries in the places I go.

15.7 10-20 Time Traveler

A Thousand Cuts by Simon Lelic
Pub. 2009, born 1976

+15 task
+10 bonus

Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 330

15.6 10-20 Time Traveler

Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
Pub. 2010, born 1970, 830 Lexile

+15 task
+10 bonus

Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 305

15.5 10-20 Time Traveler

The Second Deadly Sin by Åsa Larsson
Pub. 2011, born 1966

+15 task
+10 bonus

Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 280

20.4 The South

In The Forest Of Harm by Sallie Bissell

+20 task (set in the mountains of GA and NC)

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 255

20.4 The South

Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver

+20 task (set in Virginia)

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 235

10.4 TBR Roulette

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

+10 task
+5 combo (20.7 - #241 on list)
+5 jumbo (513 pages)

Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 215

15.4 - 10-20 - Time Traveler
Author Birth Years 1957-1976

Defending Jacob by William Landay

Pub. 2012, Born 1963

+15 task
+10 bonus

Task total: 25
Grand Total: 195