Cat’s Comments (group member since Aug 02, 2017)

Cat’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

20.10 - Debut!

Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey

pub 1987
Her isfdb record (http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ch.cgi?678), ordered chronologically shows that she published 2 books in 1987, this & Arrow's Flight. AotQ is #1 in the trilogy & AF is #2. Therefore AotQ must be debut, right?

+20 Task
+5 Oldie
+5 Multiple
+20 Combo (10.2; 10.3; 10.5; 20.4)

Book total = 50

Season total = 2555

Amanda wrote: "Cat, The Seven Sisters says it is set in Brazil, but reading the summary I can't be sure that it's 51% ?"

yes it is :)

I didn't explicitly mention that 'cos I'd thought Brazil had already been taken.

20.3 Historical

By Helen's Hand by Amalia Carosella

+20 Task
+5 Multiple
+5 Combo 10.8

Book total - 30

Season total = 2505

10.10 - Group Read

The Reader on the 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent

+10 Task
+20 Combo (10.2; 10.4; 10.7; 20.10)

Book total = 30

Last task! so
+100 RwS completion
+200 Mega finisher

Post total = 330

Season total = 2475

20.3 - Historical

The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

(argh! whilst my ed was 600+p, MPE isn't even 500. Grrr!)

+20 Task
+5 Multiple
+10 Combo (10.2, 10.3)

Book total = 35

Season total = 2145

10.2 No O
Calypso by Ed McBain

pub 1979

+10 Task
+5 Multiple
+5 Oldie

Book total = 20

Season total = 2110

10.4 - French

Bonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan

Pub 1954

+10 Task
+10 Combo 10.7; 20.10
+5 Oldie

Book total = 25

Season total =2090

10.5 - Always a Bridesmaid
The Cat Who Played Brahms by Lilian Jackson Braun

pub 1987

+10 Task
+5 Multiple
+5 Oldie

Book total = 20

Season total = 2065

10.5 - Always a Bridesmaid
The Cat Who Saw Red by Lilian Jackson Braun

pub 1986

+10 Task
+5 Multiple
+5 Oldie

Book total = 20

Season total = 2045

Kate S wrote: "I am going to continue working on sorting this out over the weekend..."

I'll PM you a link to my tracking sheet. I did discover that I'd counted one book twice (d'oh!), and make my score to date (inc #1214) 2025 or, score before msg 1214 is 1985, so we might be straight :)

20.10 Debut!

Murder Underground by Mavis Doriel Hay

Pub 1934

+20 task
+5 multiple
+10 oldie
+5 Combo 10.3

Book total =40

Season total =2025

You'll see my last couple of posts I've caveated the the season total - my records have me on 1920 @post 1162, so I'm 10 adrift from the official count.

I don't really mind about the 10 points, but can we just confirm that I'm recorded as having completed all but tasks 10.4 (French) and 10.10 (Group Read) at least once?

Thanks!

10.3 - Us Have It
Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy

+10 Task
+5 Multiple
+5 Combo 10.2

Book = 20

Season total = 2000 (+/-10)

20.3 - Historical
A Beautiful Poison by Lydia Kang

+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.2
+5 Multiple

Book= 30

Season total = 1980 (+/-10)

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Cat wrote: "is there going to be a race to be the first person to claim Antarctica??!"

Lots of countries to be first for. ;-)"

Oh, of course, it's just that Antarctica gives you the chance at the 7 continents too!

Clearly, it's the one I'm going for first....

is there going to be a race to be the first person to claim Antarctica??!

20.9 - It's Criminal
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

True crime = 185 users

+20 Task
+10 Combo 10.3; 10.5

Book total = 30

Season total = 1950

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Cat wrote: "would a boarding school be OK for a "dwelling-place" ?"

Yes, as long as the school is a "character"."

of course! I just didn't want to pencil in for further investigation if it was completely out-of-scope :)

would a boarding school be OK for a "dwelling-place" ?

20.5 - It's Elemental
This Red Earth by Rachel S. Roberts

+20 Task
+5 Combo 20.3

Book total = 25

Season total = 1920