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

Deedee’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Task 10.2 Author Name
Read any book by an author with a name that is 6, 7, or 8 letters in length (can be first, last, middle or entire name).

JEN NER

The Jane Austen Society (2020) by Natalie Jenner (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 309 pages)

+10 Task
+05 Multiple

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 255 + 15 = 270

Task 10.3 One at a Time, Please
Read a book by an author whose surname is only one syllable

The Twilight Pariah (2017) by Jeffrey Ford

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 245 + 10 = 255

Task 10.8 The Big 4-0? (Tien's Task)
Read a book first published in year with 4 AND 0 (eg. 1940, 2004, etc).

The White Magic Five and Dime (Tarot Mystery #1) (2014) by Steve Hockensmith (Goodreads Author), Lisa Falco (Paperback, 326 pages)

+10 Task
+05 Multiple

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 230 + 15 = 245

Task 20.2 Asia
Read a book by an author born in OR a book set at least 75% in one of these Asian countries: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (North or South), Malaysia, Korea (North or South), Thailand, Vietnam.

wikipedia – Ji-min Lee – born in Seoul, South Korea

The Starlet and the Spy (2009) by Ji-min Lee; translated from Korean by Chi-Young Kim

+20 Task

Task Total: 20

Grand Total: 210 + 20 = 230

Task 30.1 Go for the Green

Set 100% in ROMANIA
(95+% in Bucharest)

The Great Fortune (Balkan Trilogy #1) (1960) by Olivia Manning (Paperback, 288 pages)

+30 Task
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1945-1995)

Task Total: 30 + 05 = 35

Grand Total: 175 + 35 = 210

Task 20.10 Over/Under (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)
Read any book with an average rating over 3.74 AND under 1001 ratings. (3.75/1000)

Alexander the Great: His Life and His Mysterious Death (2019) Anthony Everitt (Hardcover, 464 pages) [Biography/921]

+20 Task

Task Total: 20

Grand Total: 155 + 20 = 175

Task 10.2 Author Name
Read any book by an author with a name that is 6, 7, or 8 letters in length (can be first, last, middle or entire name).

WASH BURN

Sharks in the Time of Saviors (2020) by Kawai Strong Washburn (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 376 pages)

+10 Task
+05 Multiple

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 140 + 15 = 155

Task 10.4 P.D. James
Read a book with an MPG of Mystery OR Crime.

Pampered to Death (A Jaine Austen Mystery #10) (2011) by Laura Levine

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 130 + 10 = 140

Task 10.8 The Big 4-0? (Tien's Task)
Read a book first published in year with 4 AND 0 (eg. 1940, 2004, etc).

Published: 2014

City of Stairs (The Divine Cities #1) (2014) by Robert Jackson Bennett (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 452 pages)

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 120 + 10 = 130

Task 10.6 Postal
Read a book by an author whose initials in any order can be either the two-letter postal abbreviation for a U.S. State/Territory or Canadian Province.

MD :: Maryland

Twenty-one Truths About Love (2019) by Matthew Dicks (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 352 pages)

+10 Task
+05 Multiple

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 105 + 15 = 120

Task 20.9 Birthday (Kate's Task)
Read a book with either a 1 and a 5 or a 2 and a 5 in the page count of the MPE.

Georgia Boy (1943) by Erskine Caldwell (Paperback, 256 pages)

+20 Task
+10 Oldies -76 to 150 years old: (1870-1944)

Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 75 + 30 = 105

Task 10.5 Suffragettes
Read any book written by an author born during their lifetimes - 1815-1906.

Dawn Powell:
Born: in The United States: ON: November 28, 1896
Died: November 14, 1965

The Locusts Have No King (1948) by Dawn Powell (Paperback, 286 pages)

+10 Task
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1945-1995)

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 60 + 15 = 75

Task 10.9 Hug a Tree
Read a book that has tree(s), wood(s) or forest(s) in the title. Also acceptable - common names (eg. Pine), compound words (eg. hollywood), and plurals. (One word from the common name thread will be acceptable if two or more word term is listed).

Common Name: Georgia Plume

Georgia Bottoms (2011) by Mark Childress (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 278 pages)

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 50 + 10 = 60

Task 10.7 Ed's Task
Read a book with a title OR sub-title that begins OR ends with either the letters “E” or “D”. Articles (The, A, An) may be ignored. (Thanks Ed!)

gaslight grimoirE

Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes Gaslight) "eleven all-new tales" (2008) edited by Charles Prepolec (Goodreads Author) and J.R. Campbell; (Paperback, 317 pages)

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 40 + 10 = 50

Task 20.1 Africa
Read a book set at least 75% in an African country. OR read a book by an author born in an African country.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was born in Kamiriithu, Kenya

Minutes of Glory by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

+20 Task

Task Total: 20

Grand Total: 20 + 20 = 40

Task 10.2 Author Name
Read any book by an author with a name that is 6, 7, or 8 letters in length (can be first, last, middle or entire name).

Wel ler

Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge (2019) by Sheila Weller [Biography/921]

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 10 + 10 = 20

Task 10.6 Postal
Note: both "NB" and "NE" will be accepted for Nebraska.

I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections (2010) by Nora Ephron [814.54]

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 00 + 10 = 10

Task 15.6 Blackjack

Ellis Peters also published as Edith Pargeter

Dead Man's Ransom (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #9) (1984) by Ellis Peters (female) (Paperback, 275 pages)

+10 Ten of Diamonds (series has 10 or more titles)
+02 Two of Clubs (pagecount: 200-299 pages)
+02 Two of Diamonds (Author publishes using at least two distinct names)
+04 Four of Clubs (genre: mystery)
Sum Total = 18

+20 Task
+05 Female Author
+05 Published prior to 1995

Task Total: 20 + 05 + 05 = 30

Grand Total: 420 + 30 = 450

Task 15.5 Blackjack

The King at the Edge of the World (2020) by Arthur Phillips (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 266 pages)

+10 = Jack of Clubs (Title has a J or a K)
+08 = Eight of Clubs (Title plus subtitle has 8 words)
Sum Total = 18

Task Total: 20

Grand Total: 400 + 20 = 420

Task 10.9 Trilogy (Tien's Task)
Read a book that is the first in a completed series/trilogy.

This book is the first book of the Lifehouse Trilogy

Mindkiller: A Novel of the Near Future (Lifehouse Trilogy #1) (1982) by Spider Robinson (Hardcover, 278 pages)

+10 Task
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1945-1995)

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 385 + 15 = 400