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

Deedee’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

Task 10.2 Decade
Read a book first published in xx81-xx90 (any century will be accepted.)
1988

Sourcery (Discworld #5) (1988) by Terry Pratchett

+10 Task
+05 Combo (#10.8)
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1944-1994)

Task Total: 10 + 05 + 05 = 20

Grand Total: 00 + 20 = 20

The The Prix Julia Verlanger lists the entire 5 book series, The Parasol Protectorate as the 2013 winner. Would any 1 book in that series count? Or would all 5 need to be read for it to count? Each book is over 300 pages. (Plus, I've already read the first 2 books in the series when they first came out.)

I finished RWS! Too little time for the sub-challenge, which is a shame as I've picked out the books.

Task 20.8
Read a book based in Appalachia.

One Foot in Eden (2002) by Ron Rash (Paperback, 214 pages)

+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.4 Debut Novel)
+100 RWS Finish

Task Total: 20 + 05 + 100 = 125

Grand Total: 845 + 125 = 970

Task 20.9 Long Nights, Long Books (Kate S's Task)
Read a book of at least 700 pages.

When Christ and His Saints Slept (Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine #1) (1994) by Sharon Kay Penman (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 746 pages)

+20 Task
+25 Combo (#10.2, #10.3, #10.7, #20.5, #20.6)
+10 Jumbo 700-799 Pages

Task Total: 20 + 25 + 10 = 55

Grand Total: 790 + 55 = 845

Task 10.10 Group Reads

A Very Long Engagement (1991) by Sébastien Japrisot; translated from the French by Linda Coverdale (Paperback, 327 pages)
Winner Prix Interallié (1991)

+10 Task
+05 Combo (#10.3 pub. 1991)
+05 Prizeworthy

Task Total: 10 + 05 + 05 = 20

Grand Total: 770 + 20 = 790

Task 10.3 Gerald Durrell
Read a book first published during Gerald Durrell's lifetime (1925-1995).

Hestia (1979) by C.J. Cherryh (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 160 pages)

+10 Task
+05 Combo (#10.2 goodreads author)

Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15

Grand Total: 745 + 15 = 760

Task 20.1 Winter Birthdays
Read any book by an author born in December, January or February.

Rewrite: Loops in the Timescape (2018) by Gregory Benford (Hardcover, 360 pages)

+20 Task
+10 Aged (age 75+)

Task Total: 20 + 10 = 30

Grand Total: 715 + 30 = 745

Rebekah wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I failed to celebrate my Goodreads 10-year Anniversary on the 12th this week. So I'm acknowledging it today. Like the rest of life, time just flew by."

It does fly by! I..."

I've been on goodreads since September 2007. I was part of yahoo groups and the science fiction group I was a member of moved from yahoo groups to goodreads, so I moved with them. That group is still on goodreads and going strong
Beyond Reality

Just realized that goodreads has eliminated the option:

- most read authors (accessible from the left-hand side of the My Books page)

Apparently they are waiting to hear how many users complain that they miss this option and want it back! I liked this option and would use it several times per month. Here's the link to Goodreads Feedback:

Goodreads Feedback

If you would like this option back, please go to that link and post a line or two stating that you would like it back.

Task 10.5 2018 Amazon
Read any book on the Amazon Editor's Choice Best 100 Books of 2018.

There There (2018) by Tommy Orange (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 294 pages)
National Book Critics Circle Award for John Leonard Prize (2018)
The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize (2018)

+10 Task
+15 Combo (#10.2, #10.4, #10.10)
+10 Prizeworthy

Task Total: 10 + 15 + 10 = 35

Grand Total: 680 + 35 = 715

Task 20.4 Wilkie Collins
Read a book in the top 300 of the list Best Crime Mystery Books

As of February 13, 2019: #32 on list

A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes #1) (1887) by Arthur Conan Doyle (Paperback, Oxford World's Classics, 200 pages)

+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.4 Debut)

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 655 + 25 = 680

I'm very sorry for your loss of your sister, Coralie.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I've been seeing that you've had snow. I know that's just hard for you along the sound. We had some snow on Wednesday - about 5 inches, but it doesn't stop us up the same way."

Here in Atlanta, in 2014, we had less than 2 inches of snow.
The media calls it Snowmageddon or Snowpocalypse, because it literally shut down the city for 2 days. Here's a link to local coverage: Fox 5 Atlanta News The roads were undriveable. School buses were unable to drive, and many elementary school students spent the night at their school. My daughter -- who works as a nurse at a local hospital -- was unable to get to work. Grocery stores were emptied of food (trucks were stuck on the interstates, unable to deliver supplies).

I was born & raised in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Two inches of snow is nothing -- people just go about their business. It takes 2 feet of snow to close down the D.C.!

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

Tales from the Town of Widows (2007) by James Cañón (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 340 pages)
Prix des Lecteurs Vincennes (2008)
Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction Nominee (2008)
Prix du premier roman for Romans étrangers (2008)

+20 Task
+10 Combo (#10.4 debut, #10.2 goodreads author)
+15 Prizeworthy

Task Total: 20 + 10 + 15 = 45

Grand Total: 605 + 45 = 650

Task 20.2 T. Coraghessan Boyle
Read any book by an author found on the list of Iowa Writer's Workshop People.

Mermaids on the Moon (2002) by Elizabeth Stuckey-French (Hardcover, 256 pages)

+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.4 Debut Novel)

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 565 + 25 = 590

Task 10.9 State Your Name (Anika's Task)
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.

IL = Illinois

Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger (2008) by Lee Israel (Hardcover, 144 pages) [364.15]
(the basis of the 2018 movie “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” starring Melissa McCarthy)

+10 Task
+05 Combo (#20.1 Born: December 03, 1939)
+10 Aged (age 75+)

Task Total: 10 + 05 + 10 = 25

Grand Total: 535 + 25 = 560

Task 10.7 Conjunctions (Beth's Task)
Pick a book with a title including a coordinating conjunctions. The coordinating conjunctions are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

Better Homes and Corpses (Hamptons Home & Garden Mysteries #1) (2015) by Kathleen Bridge (Goodreads Author)

+10 Task
+15 Combo (#10.2, #10.8, #20.10)

Task Total: 10 + 15 = 25

Grand Total: 510 + 25 = 535

Task 10.2 Goodreads Authorized
Read a book written by a goodreads author.

Ghost Wall (2018) by Sarah Moss (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 144 pages)

+10 Task

Task Total: 10

Grand Total: 500 + 10 = 510

Task 20.1 Winter Birthdays

Sunburn (2018) by Laura Lippman (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 292 pages)

+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.2)

Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25

Grand Total: 475 + 25 = 500