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

Coralie’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

We would never have done it without all your coordinating.

I just claimed 10.8 for The Midnight Zoo in post #546. I think that gives us Row 4 as well.

I think we have all done very well at sharing the load. I would never have got any review points by myself, I really stress out at writing even one review. I am very impressed that we have all the canon points and will get all the jumbo points.

10.8 Come to the Fair

The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett
Lexile 990

+10 Task (features a zoo)

Post Total: 10
Season Total: 735

15.8 FYTS: Time Traveler
1965-2015

The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks

+25 Task


Post Total: 25
Season Total: 725

20.3 Winners

Jack Glass by Adam Roberts

+20 Task (Winner British Science Fiction Association Award 2012)
+10 Combo (10.9, 20.7)

Post Total: 30
Season Total: 700

I probably look like I'm working much harder on Bingo than I really am. Honestly, the few books I have added to those I would have read anyway have all been under 200 pages and mostly easy reads. My book for 10.8 is The Midnight Zoo which is a children's book - scarcely a major undertaking!

I can read a book that fits 10.8. I am also working on 5 jumbo points but it will probably take me all week.

I claimed The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare in post #524 for task 20.5 with canon points.

20.5 London

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton

+20 Task (#68 on list)
+10 Canon

Post Total: 30
Season Total: 670

Just back from the library where I borrowed The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare which will work for 20.5 and give us a canon.

20.6 War

The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck

+20 Task (WWII #82)

Post Total: 20
Season Total: 625

I claimed The Consolations of Philosophy is post 465 for a 15 pointer.

15.6 FYTS: Time Traveler
1965-2015

The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton

+25 Task
+5 bonus (non-fiction)

Post Total: 30
Season Total: 605

10.7 First Letter

City of Pearl by Karen Traviss

+10 Task

Post Total: 10
Season Total: 575

I posted World's Fair in post #430 for 20.10 with 10 canon points.

I also posted The Hungry Tide for 20.8 in post # 444 (although I don't think we can use it.)

20.8 Kotick

The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh

+20 Task


Post Total: 20
Season Total: 560

20.10 Meta Fiction

World's Fair by E.L. Doctorow

+20 Task
+5 Combo (10.8)
+10 Canon

Post Total: 35
Season Total: 540

I posted Assassin's Apprentice for a 15 pointer in post #408.

I intend to read either The Cruel Sea (which doesn't look like a quick read) or The Moon Is Down (which I will have to get transferred from another branch of the library) for WWII.

Just checking that The Ghost would work for this task.