Coralie’s Comments (group member since Feb 27, 2013)

Coralie’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Isn't that what Shannon was saying?

Now you have me really confused. What counts as 10.1, 10.2 etc?

20.1 Pulitzer

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

+20 Task published 1889
+10 Oldies

Task total = 30
Season Total: 1075

10.3 Shakespeare

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Low Lexile

+10 Task #207 on list

Task total = 10
Half-way finish: 50
Season Total: 1045

15.3 Central Africa
Angola

The Society of Reluctant Dreamers by José Eduardo Agualusa

+15 Task
+10 Non-Western

Task total: 25
Completion Bonus: 100
Season Total: 985

10.7 Three Favourite Women

Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver

+10 Task
+15 Combo 10.9, 20.3, 20.9
+5 Oldies published 1990

Task total = 30
Season Total: 860

15.9 Southeast Asia
Singapore

Aunty Lee's Delights by Ovidia Yu

+15 Task
+10 Non-Western

Task total: 25
Season Total: 830

10.8 Ukraine Has Not Yet Perished

Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II by Svetlana Alexievich

+10 Task author born in Ukraine
+5 Combo 20.9 p259 As a gift, they promised to bake us a huge cake.
+10 Non-Western
+5 Oldies published 1985

Task total = 30
Season Total: 805

15.4 Eastern Africa
Burundi

Small Country by Gaël Faye

+15 Task
+20 Project bonus

Task total: 35
Season Total: 775

15.8 South Asia
Pakistan

The Blind Man's Garden by Nadeem Aslam

+15 Task
+10 Non-Western
+20 Project bonus

Task total: 45
Season Total: 740

I should finish the challenge if I can just settle on what to read for a few of the remaining tasks. I have really enjoyed reading around Africa and Asia. Learning about other cultures is one of my greatest pleasures in reading.

15.8 South Asia
India

A Curious Indian Cadaver by Shamini Flint

+15 Task
+10 Non-Western

Task total: 25
Season Total: 690

15.5 Southern Africa
Botswana

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

+15 Task

Task total: 15
Season Total: 665

20.7 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

+20 Task
+5 Jumbo 554 pages

Task total = 25
Season Total: 650

10.9 Dual

The Dogs by John Hughes

+10 Task
+5 Combo 10.4

Task total = 15
Season Total: 625

10.1 Popular
From 1982

A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami

+10 Task
+10 Non-Western
+5 Oldies (published 1982)

Task total = 25
Season Total: 610

10.2 Easter

Terciel and Elinor by Garth Nix
No Lexile

+10 Task

Task total = 10
Season Total: 585

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Post 348Coralie wrote: "20.9 Birthdays

The Singing Of The Dead by Dana Stabenow

+20 Task Chapter 2. There was caribou sausage, smoked fish, moose steaks, deer stew, ..."

No, I meant 10.2.

20.9 Birthdays

The Singing Of The Dead by Dana Stabenow

+20 Task Chapter 2. There was caribou sausage, smoked fish, moose steaks, deer stew, blood stew, mulligan stew, fry bread, zucchini bread, homemade bread, cranberry bread, date nut bread, banana bread, raisin bread, macaroni salad, carrot salad, potato salad, three-bean salad, pickles dill and sweet, olives black and green, cubed cheeses cheddar and jack, chocolate cake, pineapple upside-down cake, apple and cherry and Boston cream pies.
+15 Combo 10.2, 10.4, 10.9

Task total = 35
Season Total: 560

15.1 Northern Africa
Libya

In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar

+15 Task
+20 Bonus

Task total: 35
Season Total: 525