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

Deedee’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Task 10.06 Sentence
Read any book whose title is a complete sentence.

You Might as Well Die (Algonquin Round Table #2) (2011) by J.J. Murphy (male) (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 312 pages)

+10 Task
+05 Combo (#20.9 book in a series)

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 55 + 15 = 70

Made my first purchase with amazon gift card: a secondhand copy of The Spook in the Stacks. Eva Gates writes cozy mysteries with non-stupid heroines.

I had recently purchased Black Sun, Forget Me Not, Klara and the Sun, The Empire of Gold, Outlawed, The Lions of Fifth Avenue, A Deadly Education, The Four Winds and In the Black and had settled down to wait until summer before buying anything else -- Thanks y'all! :0) Now I don't have to wait. I'm trying to figure out what to buy next. I've already pre-ordered Breach of Peace (debut novel by energetic youtuber Daniel B. Greene) and Fugitive Telemetry.

Task 15.02 Fabulous Firsts

The Space Between Worlds (2020) by Micaiah Johnson (female) (Hardcover, 329 pages)

M – S

+15 Task

Task Total: 15

Grand Total: 40 + 15 = 55

Task 15.01 Fabulous Firsts

The Ministry for the Future (2020) by Kim Stanley Robinson (Hardcover, 563 pages)

K – T

+15 Task
+05 Jumbo (500 pages or better)

Task Total: 15 + 05 = 20

Grand Total: 20 + 20 = 40

I have the happy dilemma of trying to decide what to order with my gift card :). Any suggestions?

Task 10.9 Pub Trivia (Anika's Task)

Merlot
cOLEMan, claire g. – TeRra nullius

Terra Nullius (2017) by Claire G. Coleman

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 10 + 10 = 20

Task 10.9 Pub Trivia (Anika's Task)

Kahlua
o'neill, connor towne – down Along with tHat deviL's bones: a recKoning with monUments, memory, and the legAcy of white supremacy

Down Along with That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy (2020) by Connor Towne O'Neill (Hardcover, 262 pages) [322.42]

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 00 + 10 = 10

Would this work for K - T :
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
Basically, does "The" count for "T"? Thanks

Task 10.4 Valentine's
In honor of Valentine's Day, read any book whose title begins with the letters in CHERUBS. Leading articles may be ignored.

Remote Control (2021) by Nnedi Okorafor

+10 Task
+05 Combo (#10.8 pub. 2021)

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 445 + 15 = 460

Task 10.4 Valentine's
In honor of Valentine's Day, read any book whose title begins with the letters in CHERUBS. Leading articles may be ignored.

Storybound (2020) by Emily McKay (Goodreads Author) (Young Adult)
No Lexile Score for this YA novel. I think it would be 800L-1000L range, but no score means no score, so no “styles” for this post.

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 435 + 10 = 445

Task 15.07 Name of the Game

According to goodreads, Pat Barker was born in Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire, The United Kingdom on May 08, 1943

The Eye in the Door (Regeneration #2) (1993) by Pat Barker

Square 9C – Letter I – Title Word: Eye
Square 1D – Letter R – Series name: Regeneration
Square 16A – Letter E – Author born in Europe

Word = IRE

+20 Task
+05 Published 1996 or earlier

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 410 + 25 = 435

Jane Yolen edited a trio of all-new-stories (by different authors) short story collections: Xanadu, Xanadu 2 and Xanadu 3. Would they all work for
J - X ?
(as I'm determined to use "X" in this challenge!)

Task 15.06 Name of the Game

Goodreads author bio states that Hilma Wolitzer was born in 1930.

Our Main Character, Edward, is a 62 year old High School Science/Biology Teacher


An Available Man (2012) by Hilma Wolitzer (Hardcover, 285 pages)

Square 8A – Letter W - Author first or last name begins with W
Square 9B – Letter I – Character is an instructor (teacher, university faculty)
Square 13A – Letter T – Author born in the thirties - any century

Word = WIT

+20 Task

Task Total: 20

Grand Total: 390 + 20 = 410

Task 10.01 Square Peg

Dr. Potter's Medicine Show [ANGRY ROBOT] (2017) by Eric Scott Fischl (Goodreads Author) (Mass Market Paperback, 348 pages)

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 380 + 10 = 390

For non-Western bonus points:
Rudyard Kipling was born in India but was an Englishman; Isabel Allende was born in Lima, Peru but presently lives in America. I'm sure authors can be found who were born in America but now live in a non-western country. Does the bonus points only go to authors who are born in AND live(d) in non-Western countries?

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Is Qiu Xiaolong Q or X??"

Thank you for asking this. Though his family name is Qiu, we will be looking at him as if that is his first name only because that is how he ..."

Wow that was quick! Thanks for answering.

Is Qiu Xiaolong Q or X??

Task 10.6 Notable
Read a book from the NYT Notable Books from 2010-2019.

Year: 2016

The Fortunes (2016) by Peter Ho Davies (Hardcover, 268 pages)

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 345 + 10 = 355

Task 20.5 Africa
In honor of Chinua Achebe, read one of the top 225 books from the list Africa (fiction and nonfiction).
On February 07, 2021: #58

Homegoing (2016) by Yaa Gyasi (Hardcover, 305 pages)

+20 Task
+10 Combo (#10.6 Notable – 2016, #20.1 Black History Month: On February 07, 2021: #111)

Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 315 + 30 = 345

Task 15.05 Name of the Game

A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America (2005) by Stacy Schiff (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 489 pages) [327.73]

Square 8C – Letter E – Wild Card! Use: E
Square 6A – Letter N – Not a Novel
Square 4D – Letter D – Author name has consecutive letters that are the same

Word = END

+20 Task
+05 Not fiction (Not a Novel)

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 290 + 25 = 315