Joy’s Comments (group member since Dec 09, 2012)

Joy’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Kate S wrote: "+5 Multiple"

Thanks, Kate--I'm not sure why I've been so sloppy this challenge. Sure do appreciate that y'all are so fastidious!

20.9 - Father's Day

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

+20 Task (takes place in 1943)
+10 Combo (10.3-born 1964; 10.2-Katy rated 5 stars)
+5 Style (Multiple-completed task in post 282 & 284)

Task total: 35
Grand total: 120

10.9 - Hot Off the Press

The Summer Girls by Mary Alice Monroe

+10 Task (published 2013)

Task total: 10
Grand total: 85

20.9 - Father's Day

The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth

+20 Task (takes place post-WWII/early 1950s)
+5 Style (Multiple - completed task in post 282)

Task total: 25
Grand total: 65

10.9 - Hot Off the Press

You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz

+10 Task (published 2014)
+5 Combo (10.3 - born 1961)

Task total: 15
Grand total: 40

20.9 - Father's Day

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

+20 Task (takes place during 1941-1947)
+5 Combo (10.2 - Katrina rated 5-stars)

Task total: 25
Grand total: 25

Fun idea! I love looking at everyone's lists.

Here's my 5-star shelf and some of my favorites:

84, Charing Cross Road
Atonement
Away
Life After Life
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
The Moonstone
Never Let Me Go
Possession
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod

20.6 - Tempest

The Hours by Michael Cunningham

+20 Task
+10 Combo (10.5 - wikipedia and Out Magazine, 10.6 - #18)

Task total: 30
Grand total: 435

Liz M wrote: "Joy wrote: "So, the entire 10-author chain must be approved prior to submitting 15.1 in the completed thread? Meanin..."

That's what I thought, but was hoping otherwise :)

I love the idea for this challenge, but there's no way I could stick to an ordered plan of authors. I look forward to seeing others go through their plans, though! That's a great thing about this group; you can live vicariously through another's reading :)

F. Author chains must be approved before posting in the completed task thread.

So, the entire 10-author chain must be approved prior to submitting 15.1 in the completed thread? Meaning, one cannot get one "link" in the chain approved at a time as one moves on to the next author?

Really enjoyed completing the Eyes on the Prize sub-challenge (my first sub-challenge!) Thanks again for creating such an interesting and challenging challenge!

15.10 - 1975 - Hawthornden Prize - Changing Places by David Lodge


+15 Task
+5 Prior to 1990
+150 EotP Completion Bonus (woo hoo!)

Task total: 170
Grand total: 405

20.6 The Tempest

The Dinner by Herman Koch

+20 Task (takes place in one evening, over dinner)

Task total: 20
Grand total: 235

15.9 - 2012 - Pulitzer Prize for Biography - The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss

+15 Task
+5 Nonfiction

Task total: 20
Grand total: 215

15.8 - 1987 - Arthur C. Clarke Award - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

+15 Task
+5 Before 1990
+10 Multi Award (also Commonwealth Writers' Best Book)

Task total: 30
Grand total: 195

Kate S wrote: "+10 Multiple (Gold Dagger) "

Awesome! Thanks, Kate :)

15.7 - 1994 - Ferro-Grumley Award - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

+15 Task
+5 Nonfiction

Task total: 20
Grand total: 155

15.6 - 1964 - Somerset Maugham Award - The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré

+15 Task
+5 Before 1990

Task total: 20
Grand total: 135

Scoring question:

The readerboard shows my points as 110 and I add up 115. Would someone mind taking a look and let me know if I've messed up at some point? That way I can make sure I have a correct running tally. Thank you!

15.5 - 2011 - International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Grand total: (100 + 15) 115