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

Coralie’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

20.8 Revisit a Friend

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark

+20 Task (first read May 2019)
+10 Young (born 1971)
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 1915

A4 Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog
A5 The Spider King's Daughter
B2 Silence
B5 Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
C3 The King's Gold
D6 Double Vision
E2 Ten
E3 White is for Witching
F1 Permafrost by Alastair Reynolds
F6 The Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson

20.5 London

The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
Lexile 800

+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.3
+10 Young (born 1970)
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 40
Season Total: 1880

20.1 iris Murdoch

The Tree Of Man by Patrick White

+20 Task (published 1955)
+5 Combo 20.6
+ 5 Oldies
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 1840

20.9 Apollo 11

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

+20 Task (shelved 20 times)
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 25
Season Total: 1805

50.1 Project RwS

Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah

+50 Task (set in Sierra Leone)
+5 Combo 20.6
+10 Young (born 1980)

Task Total: 65
Season Total: 1785

10.2 Jackson’s Dilemma

Yesterday's Kin by Nancy Kress

+10 Task
+5 Combo 10.3
+5 Multiple

Task Total: 20
Season Total: 1715

20.5 London

City of the Mind by Penelope Lively

+20 Task
+15 Combo (20.1, 20.2, 20.6)
+5 Multiple
+5 Oldies (published 1988)

Task Total: 45
Season Total: 1695

I was going to use this book for a different task, but London takes such a major role in the book that I felt it belongs here.

15.10 RG

250 –999

A Christmas Revelation byAnne Perry

+30 Task (839 ratings)

Post Total: 30
Finisher bonus: 100
Season Total: 1650

15.9 RG

10,000 – 14,999

The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov

+30 Task (14,920 ratings)
+5 Old (published 1951)

Post Total: 35
Season Total: 1520

15.8 RG

250,000 or more

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

+20 Task
+5 Non-Fiction

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 1485

Thank you.

Does Russia count as Europe or Asia?

20.6 Characters

The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma

+20 Task
+5 Multiple
+10 Young (born 1986)

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 1455

I like tasks where it is easy to tell whether or not a book fits before you start reading. I particularly dislike it when I have finished a book and I'm still not sure. Being lazy, I prefer not to have to search through the internet to find books that fit.
The best challenges are those with a good mix of tasks where most of the books can be read in whatever genre you prefer and I think RwS usually gets that correct (thanks moderators).
I like sub-challenges that you can do more than once as there's always so many books to read!

15.7 RG

100,000 – 249,999 ratings

The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson

+20 Task

Post Total: 20
Season Total: 1420

20.9 Apollo 11

The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi

+20 Task
+5 Combo 20.6
+5 Multiple
+10 Young (born 1969)

Task Total: 40
Season Total: 1400

20.6 Characters

Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed

+20 Task
+5 Multiple
+10 Young (born 1981)

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 1360

20.6 Characters

Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link

+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.7
+5 Multiple
+10 Young (born 1969)

Task Total: 40
Season Total: 1325

20.6 Characters

Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb

+20 Task
+5 Combo 10.2
+5 Multiple
+5 Jumbo (661 pages)

Task Total: 35
Season Total: 1285