Deedee’s Comments (group member since Aug 04, 2010)

Deedee’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Task 20.8 Dead Sea (Ed's Task)
Read a book in which the author's first and last initial can be found in "KHIRBAT QUMRAN".

khirBAt qumran

Allison Brook (Pseudonym), Marilyn Levinson (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 329 pages)

+20 Task
+15 Combo (#10.4 set library, #10.6 hour = deatH OveRdUe, #20.4 MPG Thriller)

Task Total: 20 + 15 = 35

Grand Total: 515 + 35 = 550

And, in science fiction, what about Generation Ships? They tend to have town-sized populations, rather than city-sized populations. https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclo... defines generation ship as A generation ship is an immense, relatively slow-moving spacecraft, also known as an interstellar ark, aboard which many generations would live and die on a voyage between stars.

Several of the 'novels' on the List are actually series, such as "The Discworld Series" and "His Dark Materials Trilogy". Would any one book of the series count? Thanks

Task 10.8 Singles (Rosemary's Task)
Read a book with a one-word title (no subtitles).

Jailbird (1979) by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

+10 Task
+10 Aged (age 75 or greater)

Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20

Grand Total: 495 + 20 = 515

Task 10.4 Vocation
Read any book that takes place in a library or bookstore OR a biography/memoir of a bookstore owner or librarian.

The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library #1) (2014) by Genevieve Cogman

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 485 + 10 = 495

15.1 Northern Africa
(Egypt) The Map of Love
(Egypt) King and Goddess

15.2 Western Africa
(Liberia) Mississippi in Africa: The Saga of the Slaves of Prospect Hill Plantation and Their Legacy in Liberia
(Mali) The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
(Nigeria) The Fishermen
(Nigeria) The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

15.3 Central Africa
(Angola) The Book of Chameleons
(Cameroon) The Poor Christ of Bomba
(Congo) Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart
(Congo) Heart of Darkness
(Congo) A Burnt-Out Case
(Congo) The Poisonwood Bible
(Congo) The Witch Doctor's Wife

15.4 Eastern Africa
(Kenya) Unbowed
(Kenya) Dreams in a Time of War
(Kenya) A Grain of Wheat
(Kenya) Weep Not, Child
(Madagascar) Return to the Enchanted Island
(Uganda) Child of Dandelions
(Zimbabwe) The Boy Next Door

15.5 Southern Africa
(Botswana) Blue Shoes and Happiness
(South Africa) Nadine Gordimer

✅ 15.6 Central Asia
(Kazakhstan) Deep Past
✅ (Kazakhstan) Apples Are from Kazakhstan: The Land That Disappeared

✅ 15.7 East Asia
✅ (Japan) The Travelling Cat Chronicles
(China) The Library of Legends
(China) When Red Is Black
(Japan and/or Korea) Pachinko
(Japan and/or Korea) Beasts of a Little Land

15.8 South Asia
(India) Untouchable
(India) The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
(India) Murder in Old Bombay
(India) Rebel Queen

15.9 Southeast Asia
(Malaysia) The Ghost Bride
(Malaysia) The Night Tiger
(Mayanmar/Burma) Saving Fish from Drowning
(Philippines) When the Elephants Dance: A Novel

✅ 15.10 Western Asia
(Armenia) The Sandcastle Girls
✅ (Turkey) Alchemy of Fire
(Turkey) Last Train to Istanbul
(Turkey) Orhan Pamuk

Task 20.2 The Keys to the Kingdom
Read a book with 5k or fewer ratings and published in the 20th century (1901-2000).

For Combo:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Svee
Born: 1943
Died: July 14, 2019
2019 – 1943 = 76

Sanctuary (1990) by Gary D. Svee
Spur Award for Best Western Novel (1990)

+20 Task
+10 Combo (#10.5 Western Writer, #10.8 One Word Title)
+10 Aged (age 75 or greater)

Task Total: 20 + 10 + 10 = 40

Grand Total: 445 + 40 = 485

Task 20.4 Day of the Jackal
Read a book with a main page genre of "thriller".

The Echo Wife (2021) by Sarah Gailey

+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.7 – MPG of ‘science fiction’ and ‘mystery’)

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 420 + 25 = 445

Task 10.6 NYE Countdown
Read a book in which all of the letters of one of the following words can be found in the title (including sub-titles):Time, Clock, Watch, Hour, Minute, Second

TIME = i sTIll drEaM about you

I Still Dream About You (2010) by Fannie Flagg (Hardcover, 315 pages)

+10 Task
+10 Aged (age 75 or greater)

Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20

Grand Total: 400 + 20 = 420

Task 10.6 NYE Countdown
Read a book in which all of the letters of one of the following words can be found in the title (including sub-titles):
Time, Clock, Watch, Hour, Minute, Second

WATCH = the CAT WHo saved books

The Cat Who Saved Books (2017) by Sōsuke Natsukawa; translated from Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 198 pages)

+10 Task
+05 Combo (#10.4 set in bookstore)
+10 Lost in Translation

Task Total: 10 + 05 + 10 = 25

Grand Total: 375 + 25 = 400

Task 20.2 The Keys to the Kingdom
Read a book with 5k or fewer ratings and published in the 20th century (1901-2000).

Angels on Toast (1940) by Dawn Powell (Paperback, 273 pages)

+20 Task

Task Total: 20

Grand Total: 350 + 20 = 370

Task 15.5

{N-O} {181-220/581-620} {1948-1962}

The Suffrage of Elvira (1958) by V.S. Naipaul (Paperback, 206 pages)

+35 Task

Task Total: 35

Grand Total: 315 + 35 = 350

Task 10.8 Singles (Rosemary's Task)
Read a book with a one-word title (no subtitles) or a book whose author has just one name (for example Homer, Stendhal, Colette, Saki).

Bull (2017) by David Elliott (Young Adult)
Low Lexile so no styles.

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 305 + 10 = 315

Task 20.4 Day of the Jackal
Read a book with a main page genre of "thriller".

The Minders (2020) by John Marrs (Paperback, 402 pages)

+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.7 MPG Science Fiction, Mystery)

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 280 + 25 = 305

Task 10.7 Genre-Rich (Coralie's Task)
Read a book that has at least two of the following main page genres - science fiction, historical, mystery and cultural.

MPG of
Science Fiction
Historical

The Graveyard Game (The Company #4) (2001) by Kage Baker (Hardcover, 298 pages)

+10 Task
+05 Combo (#20.8 KhirBat qunran)

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 265 + 15 = 280

Task 15.4

{S-T-U} {301-340/701-740} {1873-1887}

Cousin Henry (1879) by Anthony Trollope (Paperback, 336 pages)

+30 Task

Task Total: 30

Grand Total: 235 + 30 = 265

Task 10.6 NYE Countdown
Read a book in which all of the letters of one of the following words can be found in the title (including sub-titles): Time, Clock, Watch, Hour, Minute, Second

SECOND =
Super volCaNOEs: what they reveal about earth and the worlds beyonD


Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond (2021) by Robin George Andrews (male) (Hardcover, 336 pages) [551.21]

+10 Task
+05 Combo (#20.8 "KHIRBAT QUM RA N”)

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 220 + 15 = 235

Task 20.4 Day of the Jackal
Read a book with a main page genre of "thriller".
As of today "thriller > mystery thriller" is bottom MPG.

Death Crashes the Party (A Liv And Di In Dixie Mystery #1) (2015) by Vickie Fee (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 285 pages)

+20 Task

Task Total: 20

Grand Total: 200 + 20 = 220

Task 20.9 Kate S's Task
Read a book with a surname in the title (not sub-title). The surname must refer to a character in the book.

Mr. Stone is the main character in the novel

TIME = mr. sTonE and the knIghts coMpanion

Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion (1963) by V.S. Naipaul (Paperback, 128 pages)

+20 Task
+15 Combo (#10.2 Short, #10.6 “time”, #20.2 ratings 5K or fewer 1901-2000)
+10 Aged (age 75 or greater)

Task Total: 20 + 15 + 10 = 45

Grand Total: 155 + 45 = 200

Task 15.3

{V-W-X-Y-Z} {341-380/741-780} {1978-1992}
Hearts (1980) by Hilma Wolitzer (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 368 pages)

+25 Task

Task Total: 25

Grand Total: 130 + 25 = 155