Kim’s Comments (group member since Nov 20, 2020)

Kim’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

20.2 Ann/e

The Boston Girl. Anita Diamant. 4.24.21

Task: 20
Combo: 15 (10.9 absinthe; 10.5; 20.10)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 1305

10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x5); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9;15.10;
20.1; 20.2; 20.3(x5); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; 20.7; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)

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20.7 Real Person

A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts. Therese Anne Fowler. 4.22.21
The story of Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont

Task: 20
Combo: 20 (10.2 - Anne, 10.9 - absinthe, 20.2 - Anne, 20.10)
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 1270

10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x5); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9;15.10;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x5); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; 20.7; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)

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15.10 Fabulous Firsts

You Me Everything. Catherine Isaac. 4.21.21

C-Y

Task: 20
Finisher bonus: 100
Post Total: 120
Season Total: 1230

10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x5); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9;15.10;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x5); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)

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10.9 Pub Trivia (Anika's Task)

Silent Spring. Rachel Carson
SILEnt SpRING = Riesling

Task: 10
Oldie: 5 (Published in 1962)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1110

10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x5); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x5); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)

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10.10 Group Reads

The House in the Cerulean Sea. T.J. Klune

Loved this book!

Task: 10
Combo: 5 (10.9 - Kahula)
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 1095

10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x4); 10.10;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x5); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)

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20.3 Opposites

Her Forbidden Knight. Rex Stout. Originally published in 1913

Task: 20
Oldie: 10
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1080

10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x5); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)

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Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Kim wrote: "Does anyone have trouble figuring out where to place a book? My conundrum is You Belong To Me, which I had slated to use as my last book in Fabulous Firsts, but also fits 7..."

I have a few options. I may just wait to see if any of them appeals to me when I check it out, before placing this one.

I have to laugh, I "planned" my Fabulous Firsts, and ended up only using 2 of the books.

Does anyone have trouble figuring out where to place a book? My conundrum is You Belong To Me, which I had slated to use as my last book in Fabulous Firsts, but also fits 7 categories in the main challenge! Decisions, decisions.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Kim wrote: "The Balkans is the hardest one for me."

Because of access?"
No, mostly just figuring out what to read!

15.9 Fabulous Firsts

On Turpentine Lane. Elinor Lipman. 4.16.21

O-E

Task: 20
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 1050

10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x4); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)

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I have 1.33 books left for the sub-challenge and 4 for the RwS. The Balkans is the hardest one for me.

15.8 Fabulous Firsts

Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe. Deborah Cadbury

D-Q

Task: 15
NaN - 5
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 1030

10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; -----; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x4); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)

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20.4 Crime

Whose Body?. Dorothy L. Sayers. 4.14.21

Task: 20
Combo: 20 (20.9, 20.3, 10.6, 10.5) (This appears on the GR list Titlemania III: Whole-Sentence Titles)
Oldie: 10 (pub. 1923)
Post Total: 50
Season Total: 1010

10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; -----; -----; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x4); 20.4(x3); -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)

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15.7 Fabulous Firsts

The Sweeney Sisters. Lian Dolan. 4.12.21

S-L

Task: 15

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 960

10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; -----; -----; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x4); 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)

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15.6 Fabulous Firsts

The Midwife's Apprentice.Karen Cushman. 4.11.21

T-K
The Lexile on this is 1150

Task: 15

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 945

10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; -----; -----; -----; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x4); 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)

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10.3 Naughty

Into the Forest. Jean Hegland. 4.10.21 Published in 1996
I read this probably 20 years ago and although I'm a different person, living in a different world, I enjoyed it as much this time, as last.

Task: 10
Combo: 15 (10.2, 10.10, 20.10)
Oldie: 5
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 930

10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); 10.7; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x4); 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)

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10.2 Name

The Little French Bistro. Nina George. 4.9.21

Task: 10
Combo: 5 (10.9-absinthe)

Post Total: 15
Season Total: 900

10.1; 10.2(x2); 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); -----; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x4); 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)

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20.9 Series (Kate S's task)

Shelter Mountain. Robyn Carr. 4.8.21

Task: 20
Combo: 15 (10.9-cabernet; 20.10, 20.3)

Post Total: 35
Season Total: 885

10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); -----; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x4); 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x4); 20.10(x4)

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20.8 Queen of Short Fiction (Denise's Task)

The Postman Always Rings Twice. James M. Cain 4.7.21

Task: 20
Combo: 15 (10.2, 10.6, 10.9-merlot)
1001 books: 10
oldie (1934): 10

Post Total: 55
Season Total: 850

10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6(x2); -----; 10.8; 10.9(x4); -----;
15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; -----; -----; -----; -----; -----;
20.1; -----; 20.3(x4); 20.4x2; -----;20.6; -----; 20.8(x2); 20.9(x3); 20.10(x4)

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How about The Postman Always Rings Twice?