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

Coralie’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

20.2 The House

Slade House by David Mitchell

+20 Task
+ 10 Combo (10.8, 20.3)

Post Total: 30
Season Total: 100

20.8 Mother - Daughter

My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

+20 Task
+ 5 Combo (10.5 - Elizabeth)

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 70

I must admit I am tempted to add a spy shelf to boost them over the line. It would be a pity to miss out on the Charles Stross one in particular. I will see how my reading goes.

So, could I use Manners & Mutiny which is shelved 23 times as espionage but only 19 times as spy
and The Jennifer Morgue shelved 31 times as espionage and 19 as spy?

Anika wrote: "Grawr! I just want to complain and I think only people in this group will get it...
I had my RG perfectly planned and was off to a good start with my first book (for "Antigua and Barbuda") posted o..."

I would like to thank you Anika for claiming Antigua and Barbuda so quickly. I had just started reading a book set in Antigua which I wasn't enjoying so when you claimed the country I felt I could justify ditching the book and moving on to some other book I would enjoy more.

15.2 Reading Globally

Setting: New Zealand

As the Earth Turns Silver by Alison Wong

+15 Task

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 30

15.1 Reading Globally

Setting: Ukraine

Baba Dunja's Last Love by Alina Bronsky

+15 Task
+ 15 first to Ukraine

Post Total: 30
Season Total: 30

I am reading Baba Dunja's Last Love by Alina Bronsky which my library catalogues as being set in the Ukraine but I am not completely convinced. I feel it could just as easily be set in Belarus or Russia. Can I use it for this challenge?

My RG plan is already in a complete shambles so I have decided to ditch the idea of reading them alphabetically and just go with whatever is available at the time in the library. I think I should be able to get a few extra firsts that way.

10.1 Instant Replay

Last Words from Montmartre by Qiu Miaojin

+10 Task (using 10.2 3 4 5)
+10 Non-Western

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1415

10.8 The Ancients

Esther by Norah Lofts

+10 Task
+10 Combo 10.6, 20.3
+ 5 Oldies (published 1950)

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 1400

They are both mostly set in Cuba and the main story covers over 51% of the text.

15.1 A Counting Game

20th Century Male

Huntingtower by John Buchan

Task: 15 (1word title)
Completion bonus: 100 (in numerical order)
Single gender bonus: 100 (all male)

Season Total: 1375

10.1 Instant Replay

Leapfrog and Other Stories by Guillermo Rosales

+10 Task using 10.2 3, 4, 5
+ 5 Multiple
+10 Non-Western

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 1155

Set in Cuba

Would Slade House work?

10.6 Anagrams

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

+10 Task
+ 5 Jumbo (638 pages)

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1130

20.1 Popular Lists

I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

+20 Task
+10 Non-Western
+ 5 Multiple

Post Total: 35
Season Total: 1115

10.3 U’s have it

Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper

+10 Task
+10 Combo 10.2, 10.5
+ 5 Oldies published 1962

Post Total: 25
Season Total: 1080

I am assuming that Esther will work as it is an Old Testament story.

20.10 Debut!

Hotel Bosphorus by Esmahan Aykol

+20 Task
+10 Non-Western
+ 5 Multiple

Post Total: 35
Season Total: 1055

Set in Turkey