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

Deedee’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Task 15.10 20 or more letters

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #6) (2004) by Alexander McCall Smith

+15 Task

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 535 + 15 = 550

I have a plan!

1873-1887
{S-T-U} {301-340/701-740} {1873-1887}
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck #2) (1884) by Mark Twain (Paperback, 327 pages)

1888-1902
{G-H} {421-460/821-860} {1888-1902}
The Emancipated (1890) by George Gissing (Paperback, 456 pages)

1903-1917
{C-D} {261-300/661-700} {1903-1917}
Sir Nigel (1906) by Arthur Conan Doyle (Paperback, 284 pages)

1918-1932
{E-F} {381-420/781-820} {1918-1932}
Show Boat (1926) by Edna Ferber (Hardcover, 398 pages)

1933-1947
{A-B} {461-500/861-900} {1933-1947}
Pavilion of Women (1946) by Pearl S. Buck (Paperback, 466 pages)

1948-1962
{L-M} {221-260/621-660} {1948-1962}
The Golden Notebook (1962) by Doris Lessing (Paperback, Perennial Classics edition, 640 pages)

1963-1977
{N-O} {181-220/581-620} {1964-1977}
Merlin's Mirror (1975) by Andre Norton (Paperback, 205 pages)
OR
Protector (1973) by Larry Niven (Paperback, 218 pages)

1978-1992
{P-Q-R} {141-180/541-580} {1978-1992}
Stopping at Slowyear (1992) by Frederik Pohl (Mass Market Paperback, 151 pages)

1993-2007
{I-J-K} {101-140/501-540} {1993-2007}
Train Dreams (2002) by Denis Johnson (Hardcover, 116 pages)
OR
The Last Light of the Sun (2004) by Guy Gavriel Kay (Hardcover, 501 pages)

2008-2022
{V-W-X-Y-Z} {341-380/741-780} {2008-2022}
The Just City (Thessaly #1) (2015) by Jo Walton (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 368 pages)

And, variations on my question :)
Are these all "S"?

Kassia St. Clair
Margaret St. Clair
Judith St. George
Dorothy St. James

And this I would guess "A" (but I'm far from sure):
Matthew De Abaitua (who wrote If Then for publisher Angry Robot)

D or C?
Sebastien de Castell

D or M?
Daphne du Maurier

and ... the van and von names like
Elizabeth von Arnim

thanks

Task 10.1 TBR
Read a book you have had on your TBR for more than a year. This task may only be used once and cannot be used for combo.

Added to my TBR: April 29, 2012

If Morning Ever Comes (1964) by Anne Tyler (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 266 pages)

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 525 + 10 = 535

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Denise wrote: "Guy de Maupassant

D or M for last initial?"

I definitely had to double check this one!

M. He is listed at libraries as Mau..."

Thanks for answering! If I come across any more I'll ask here, especially because not consistent.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Denise wrote: "Guy de Maupassant

D or M for last initial?"

I definitely had to double check this one!

M. He is listed at libraries as Mauppasant, Guy, de"

Two more similar authors:

(asking)
Charles de Lint -- "L"
Ursula K. Le Guin -- "G"

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I thought I would have the most books for the 2008-2022 dates, so I wanted to leave it for last. In fact, I decided to fill in from the oldest dates first. ....

That's what I'm going to do also :) great minds think alike

Task 15.3 11 letters

Star-Crossed (2019) by Minnie Darke

+15 Task

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 510 + 15 = 525

Task 10.2 Halloween
In honor of Halloween, read a book with a "death" word in the title.

“death word”: HANGMAN

A Tip for the Hangman (2021) by Allison Epstein (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 374 pages)

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 500 + 10 = 510

Task 15.7 15 letters

The Sun's Bride (2008) by Gillian Bradshaw

+15 Task

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 485 + 15 = 500

Task 15.2 10 letters

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (1999) by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 336 pages) [976.413]

+15 Task
+05 Not-a-Novel

Task Total: 15 + 05 = 20

Grand Total: 460 + 20 = 480

Task 20.1 Serially
Read a novel originally published serially.

Dune Messiah (Dune #2) (1969) by Frank Herbert (Mass Market Paperback, 331 pages)

+20 Task
+10 Combo (#10.5: >100 MPG “classics”; #10.6: male w/birthday October)

Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 430 + 30 = 460

Task 15.5 13 Letters

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2006) by Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 450 pages) [394.1]

+15 Task
+05 Not-a-Novel

Task Total: 15 + 05 = 20


Grand Total: 410 + 20 = 430

Task 15.9 18-19 letters

Once There Were Wolves (2021) by Charlotte McConaghy (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 256 pages)

+15 Task

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 395 + 15 = 410

Task 20.3 Ratings

Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories (2021) by Hilma Wolitzer

+20 Task

Task Total: 20

Grand Total: 365 + 20 = 385

Hi -- I'd like to lock in Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories -- today it is 4.18. Last week it was 4.20, so I'd like to lock it in before it sinks anymore.

Task 15.1 9 or fewer letters

Murder on the Iditarod Trail (Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #1) (1991) by Sue Henry

+15 Task

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 350 + 15 = 365

Task 20.9 Anniversary (Kate S's Task)
Read a book in which the characters drink a glass of champagne. Please post a quote in the completed task thread when claiming this task.

p. 53: “’Perfect,’ she said, and poured the champagne slowly into the waiting glasses. ‘To us,’ Myra said, handing me a glass and clinking hers against mine. ‘To us,’ I said. I took a careful sip.”


Why Can't I Be You (2013) by Allison Larkin (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 297 pages)
Review: This novel is advertised as a chick-lit rom-com. The premise certainly fits: a 30 year old woman, Jenny, hours after being dumped by her long term boyfriend (she had expected a proposal of marriage not a breakup), is mistaken for a woman named Jessie. Rather than say, “no, I’m Jenny”, she decides to assume the identity of Jessie. I expected a fluffy novel full of hijinks, mistaken identity, and a hot romance. Nope. Instead, the author is focused on Jenny’s emotionally wrenching backstory, and on Jenny’s journey from pretending to be “Jessie” to making real and lasting changes in her own “Jenny” life. This journey is described rather well and is more believable than in most novels of this type. However, why market this as a fluffy rom-com? It would succeed as a mostly serious contemporary novel. Recommended as a serious novel read.

+20 Task
+10 Review

Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 320 + 30 = 350

Mysteries
Mysteries Challenge: Part 2

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1990s
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1991 Venus in Copper by Lindsey Davis (08/24/21)
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1994 One For The Money by Janet Evanovich (12/04/20)
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1999 Them Bones by Carolyn Haines (12/14/20)

2000s
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2002 Peaches and Screams by G.A. McKevett (07/15/21)
2003 The Montmartre Investigation by Claude Izner (07/27/21)
2004 Deadlier than the Pen: A Diana Spaulding Mystery by Kathy Lynn Emerson (07/05/21)
2005 Murder à la Mode by G.A. McKevett (09/21/21)
2006 Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith (05/31/21)
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2009 Skeleton Hill by Peter Lovesey (10/27/20)

2010s
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2011 A Sheetcake Named Desire by Jacklyn Brady (12/01/20)
2012
2013 Dyeing Wishes by Molly MacRae (08/02/21)
2014
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2016 A Dark and Stormy Murder by Julia Buckley (01/24/21)
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2018 Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer (01/13/21)
2019

2020s
2020 The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (11/04/20)
2021

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